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Auction 100, Lot 465

"Australia", Tallis, John

Subject: Australia

Period: 1860 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.8 x 10 inches
32.5 x 25.4 cm
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Attractive map of the continent with good detail along the coastlines and stark blankness in the interior, which Tallis filled with tables of county names. Surrounded in a delicately engraved border. Drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin. This version of the map was issued without the vignettes.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $250 - $300

Sold for: $275

Closed on 9/12/2002

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