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Auction 109, Lot 296

"Carte de l'Isle de la Jamaique", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Jamaica

Period: 1758 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.5 x 8.2 inches
31.8 x 20.8 cm
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Great copper engraved map of the island showing topography and a great many place names, particularly along the coastlines. The map is divided into parishes and also depicts several roads. Decorated with a title cartouche and compass rose.

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Condition: B

Toned on one fold with faint offsetting. Binding trim at right nearly into neatline.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Unsold

Closed on 12/1/2004

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