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Auction 116, Lot 755

"Chine, et Indes Avec les Isles", Brion de la Tour/Desnos

Subject: East and South East Asia

Period: 1786 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12 x 10.5 inches
30.5 x 26.7 cm
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Lovely map covering the region from Persia to the Philippines and south to include all of Indonesia. It is decorated with a delicately engraved title cartouche and an elaborate rococo border (printed from a separate plate).

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Condition: A

Good impression with original color. Light printer's ink smudge at top.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $250

Closed on 9/20/2006

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