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Auction 120, Lot 436

"Ville de Saint Salvador Capitale du Bresil", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Brazil

Period: 1764 (circa)

Publication: Le Petite Atlas Maritime

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.5 x 6.5 inches
31.8 x 16.5 cm
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Lovely plan of the fortified city of San Salvador shows the locations of churches, palaces and gun powder storage. The map has a lettered key at left and is adorned with a simple decorative cartouche.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $275 - $350

Unsold

Closed on 7/18/2007

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