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Auction 107, Lot 536

"Western Africa", Tallis, John

Subject: Western Africa

Period: 1851 (circa)

Publication: The British Colonies…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13 x 9.7 inches
33 x 24.6 cm
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Decorative map extending from Senegal to the Bight of Biafra filled with detail and surrounded in a delicate border. Finely engraved vignettes include Christiansborg, Cape Coast Castle, Bakel, Sierra Leone and a coin.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $75 - $100

Sold for: $55

Closed on 6/9/2004

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