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Auction 103, Lot 477

"Plan de Long-Men-Hien [on sheet with] Plan d'une Partie de la Grande Muraille", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: China

Period: 1763 (circa)

Publication: Prevost's Historie des Voyages

Color: Black & White

Size:
6.2 x 8.2 inches
15.7 x 20.8 cm
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Interesting sheet with two maps focusing on the Great Wall and its fortifications. Engraved by J. van Schley. Titles in both French and Dutch.

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Condition: B

Damp stains just entering map at right.

Estimate: $45 - $60

Sold for: $55

Closed on 6/11/2003

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