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Auction 105, Lot 500

"Ceilan insula", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Sri Lanka

Period: 1610 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.8 x 5.7 inches
19.8 x 14.5 cm
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Charming small map of the island with great detail of the villages, kingdoms, mines and spice plantations. Decorated with a strapwork title and distance scale cartouche. Latin text on verso.

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Condition: A

Light damp stains in blank margins.

Estimate: $240 - $275

Sold for: $180

Closed on 12/3/2003

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