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Auction 109, Lot 354

"Carte Reduite des Isles Britanniques Dressee au Depost des Cartes, Plans, et Journaux de la Marine…", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Britain

Period: 1757 (dated)

Publication: Hydrographie Francoise

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.5 x 34.5 inches
54.6 x 87.6 cm
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Superb, large-scale chart of all the British Isles with great coastal information and a surprising amount of detail in the interior. Decorated with a large scenic title cartouche, as well as a decorative remarque cartouche.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $550 - $650

Sold for: $450

Closed on 12/1/2004

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