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Auction 106, Lot 286

"Carte Reduite des Mers du Nord", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Atlantic & Arctic Oceans

Period: 1776 (dated)

Publication: Prevost's Histoire des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.2 x 12.7 inches
43.7 x 32.3 cm
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Finely engraved map covering from the eastern shores of Canada through Greenland, Iceland, Britain, Scandinavia and the Baltic. Decorated with a lovely compass rose. Title in block form. Engraved by A. V. Krevelt.

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Condition: A

Margin extended at side to repair binding trim.

Estimate: $180 - $230

Sold for: $150

Closed on 3/3/2004

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