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Auction 147, Lot 610

"Carte de l'Asie", Lapie/Tardieu

Subject: Asia

Period: 1841 (dated)

Publication: Atlas Universel

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.7 x 15.8 inches
55.1 x 40.1 cm
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A very attractive, large map of continental Asia extending to and naming Singapore in the south, and to the Bering Straight and the coast of Alaska in the northeast. The map is filled with great detail of political boundaries, place names, topography, and rivers. Surrounded by a decorative keyboard-style border.

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Condition: A

Original outline color on bright paper with wide margins, light toning along sheet edges, and a couple of insignificant spots.

Estimate: $150 - $180

Sold for: $50

Closed on 11/20/2013

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