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Auction 100, Lot 385

"Pompeii", SDUK Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Subject: Italy

Period: 1832 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
15.2 x 12 inches
38.6 x 30.5 cm
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Attractive plan of the ruins of the city. Key at right locates 55 buildings. Well rendered bird's-eye view of the ruins across bottom, a plan of the Domus in a scroll, and an inset of the Vicinity of Mount Vesuvius.

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Condition: B

Good impression and delicate coloring on ivory toned paper. Ink spill on verso with very slight show through.

Estimate: $50 - $60

Sold for: $80

Closed on 9/12/2002

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