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Auction 110, Lot 692

"[Lot of 3] Australien [and] Sud-Ost-Australien [and] West-Australien with Tasmania and Neu-Seeland", Stieler, Adolph

Subject: Australia & New Zealand

Period: 1876 (dated)

Publication: Stieler's Hand-Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16 x 13.2 inches
40.6 x 33.5 cm
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Set of three beautifully engraved charts of Australia and New Zealand. The first shows all of Australia in very fine detail and includes an inset plan of Sydney and Port Jackson. The second covers the states of Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland with remarkable detail along the eastern coast with hundreds of towns and villages named. It extends west to Lake Eyre, south to Kangaroo Island and north to above Hazelwood. The final sheet has a large map of western Australia and another of New Zealand with two inset maps of Tasmania, and a plan of the vicinity of Auckland. A fine matched set of three charts.

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Condition: A

Crisp impressions on thick paper with full margins. A couple of very light spots on two sheets, still very good.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Unsold

Closed on 3/2/2005

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