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Auction 143, Lot 591

"Plan de la Ville et Port de St. Petersbourg", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: St. Petersburg, Russia

Period: 1764 (published)

Publication: Le Petit Atlas Maritime

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6.5 x 8.3 inches
16.5 x 21.1 cm
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A delicately engraved plan of the harbor and islands on the River Neva as well as the mainland of St. Petersburg with the locations of major buildings, including the castle and the arsenal. Adorned with a finely-wrought cartouche.

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Condition: A

Attractive color on watermarked paper with wide margins.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $200

Closed on 2/13/2013

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