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Auction 106, Lot 554

"[Lot of 4 - New World]", Bry, Theodore de

Subject: Exploration

Period: 1655 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
7 x 6 inches
17.8 x 15.2 cm
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Group of copper engravings from various explorations in Mexico and South America. They include a hunting scene, Indians loading cargo onto European ships, the customs of the Indians of the Orinoco Delta and a very strange scene of a group of Indian weighing a Spaniard. Each on a full sheet of German text. These are from an edition by Johann Philip Gottfriedt.

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Condition: B

Some light stains.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for: $130

Closed on 3/3/2004

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