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Auction 142, Lot 704

"Charte von Australien Berichtigt im November 1812",

Subject: Australia

Period: 1815 (circa)

Publication: Der Funfte Welttheil Oder Australien

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16.3 x 11.7 inches
41.4 x 29.7 cm
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This attractive engraving of the South Pacific shows Australia divided into Neu Holland or Ulimaroa and Neu Sud Wallis or Sydney Cove. Includes good detail of the surrounding islands. Published in Friedrich Ludwig Lindner's Der funfte Welttheil oder Australien.

References: Perry & Prescott #1815.02.

Condition: B+

Issued folding on thick, watermarked paper with a few minor spots.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $120

Closed on 11/28/2012

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