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Auction 148, Lot 585

"Plan de la Ville de Messine dans l'Isle de Sicile", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Messina, Sicily, Italy

Period: 1764 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6.6 x 8.5 inches
16.8 x 21.6 cm
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A handsome bird's-eye plan of the town of Messina. Several locations are identified, and the harbor is filled with depth soundings. Adorned with a rococo-style cartouche.

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Condition: A

Watermarked paper with marginal soiling and light toning along sheet edges.

Estimate: $180 - $210

Sold for: $130

Closed on 2/19/2014

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