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Auction 107, Lot 425

"L'Espagne Dressee sur la Description qui en a ete faite par Rodrigo Mendez Sylva…", Delisle/Buache

Subject: Spain & Portugal

Period: 1745 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
24.5 x 17.6 inches
62.2 x 44.7 cm
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Large map of the region, including the Balearic Islands and part of the coast of Africa. Originally issued by Delisle in 1701 and based on the cartography of Rodrigo Mendez Sylva. Filled with detail and decorated with a beautiful title cartouche and distance scale.

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Condition: B

A few very unobtrusive faint spots.

Estimate: $300 - $350

Sold for: $250

Closed on 6/9/2004

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