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Auction 105, Lot 512

"[Lot of 5]", Bonne, Rigobert

Subject: Africa

Period: 1779 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.5 x 8.5 inches
31.8 x 21.6 cm
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Nice group of African maps including the map of the whole continent and a map of the Canary and Cape Verde Islands. 1) Afrique; 2) Carte de la Haute et de la Basse Guinee, depuis la Riviere de Sierra Leona, jusqua' au Cap Negro; 3) Partie Occidentale de l' Ancien Continent, depuis Lisbonne Jusqu' a Riviere de Sierra Leona: avec l' Isle Madere, les Isles Canaries, et celles du C. Verd; 4) Carte du Canal de Mosambique, Contenant l' Isle de Madagascar avec les Cotes d' Afrique... (with an inset of the Cape of Good Hope including Swarte Land); 5) Carte des Isles Canaries, avec l' Isle de Madere, et Celle de Porto Santo. Sizes vary slightly. Engraved by Andre.

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Condition: A

Later color. Map of Canaries with binding trim.

Estimate: $400 - $500

Sold for: $300

Closed on 12/3/2003

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