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Auction 115, Lot 373

"L'Europe Dressee pour l'etude de la Geographie…", Brion de la Tour/Desnos

Subject: Europe

Period: 1790 (dated)

Publication: Atlas General, civil, ecclesiastique et militaire

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.3 x 10.8 inches
31.2 x 27.4 cm
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Handsome map of Europe is decorated with tiny sailing ships, a landscape style title cartouche, all surrounded in a boldly engraved border printed from a separate copper plate.

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Condition: A

Original color. Slightly uneven impression, else fine.

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $100

Closed on 6/21/2006

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