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Auction 120, Lot 126

"Carta rappresentante una parte dlla Baja d'Hudson, e le Regioni a Maestro dell'America Settentrle.", Rossi, Veremondo

Subject: Canada - Hudson Bay

Period: 1763 (circa)

Publication: Gazzettiere Americano

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10.5 x 8.1 inches
26.7 x 20.6 cm
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A delicately engraved small chart of the northwest corner of Hudson Bay. There are Italian notations concerning whether or not an area is known, unknown or poco cognito (little known). The engraving is adorned with a decorative title cartouche.

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Condition: A

Very nice, sharp impression on fine, strong paper. A few nearly invisible spots of foxing in the blank margins. Hinge remnants on the top margin.

Estimate: $140 - $200

Sold for: $100

Closed on 7/18/2007

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