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Auction 100, Lot 238

"Isles Antilles", Duval, Pierre

Subject: Caribbean

Period: 1660 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4.8 x 3.9 inches
12.2 x 9.9 cm
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Charming miniature map of the Caribbean including the tip of Florida and the Bahamas. Title in block style cartouche. Pierre Duval, the nephew of Nicolas Sanson, specialized in pocket-sized atlases and geographies and based most of his maps on Sanson's work.

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Condition: A

Original outline color.

Estimate: $200 - $240

Sold for: $150

Closed on 9/12/2002

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