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Auction 145, Lot 412

"Carte des Isles Canaries Dressee sur les Journaux des Navigateurs", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Canary Islands

Period: 1746 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11 x 8 inches
27.9 x 20.3 cm
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Delicately engraved French style title cartouche, compass rose and rhumb lines make this a very attractive map of these important Atlantic islands.

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Condition: A

Issued folding on watermarked paper with a minor area of paper weakness to the left of the title cartouche and light toning along sheet edges.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $80

Closed on 6/12/2013

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