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Auction 141, Lot 37

"Mappe-Monde Dressee pour l'Etude de la Geographie, relativement aux Auteurs les plus Modernes", Brion de la Tour/Desnos

Subject: World

Period: 1766 (dated)

Publication: Atlas General, Civil et Ecclesiastique…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.8 x 10.8 inches
30 x 27.4 cm
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This decorative double-hemisphere map was updated with the new astronomical observations of Chirikof and Delisle. The map features the Sea of the West and a Northwest Passage in North America, and a conjectural shape for Australia. The title and dedication cartouches are tucked between the cusps; the hemispheres are supported on the shoulders of two men. The map is surrounded by a decorative rococo-style border, printed from a separate plate as the map.

References: McGuirk #128.

Condition: B+

Original color on watermarked paper with minor offsetting in the North Pacific, two minute worm holes in bottom border, and a hint of toning along sheet edges.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $250

Closed on 9/5/2012

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