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Auction 120, Lot 785

"Carte de l'Isle de Madagascar et du Canal de Mozambique", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Madagascar

Period: 1764 (circa)

Publication: Le Petit Atlas Maritime

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13.8 x 8.5 inches
35.1 x 21.6 cm
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A lovely little chart that shows Madagascar, with the coast of Mozambique, the Comoro Islands, Mauritius (I. de France) and Reunion (I. De Bourbon). A decorative floral cartouche and fleur-de-lys accentuate the composition.

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Condition: A

Light foxing in blank margins.

Estimate: $200 - $275

Sold for: $150

Closed on 7/18/2007

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