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Auction 147, Lot 631
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"Chine et Indes avec les Isles; d'Apres les Descriptions les Plus Exactes", Brion de la Tour/Desnos

Subject: Southeast Asia

Period: 1766 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.4 x 11.1 inches
31.5 x 28.2 cm
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Lovely map covering the region from India, through China and the Philippines and south to include all of Indonesia. It is decorated with a delicately engraved title cartouche and surrounded by an ornate border.

References:

Condition: B

This example has ample margins as well as light scattered foxing, a stain on part of the border at left, slight toning along the centerfold, and a 1/2" centerfold separation at bottom that just touches the border.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $150

Closed on 11/20/2013

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