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Auction 154, Lot 748

"Suite de la Chute de l'Homme, Sa Nature, Origine des Societes et des Inegalites Politiques Introduites Parmi les Hommes", Buy de Mornas, Claude

Subject: Prints - Religion

Period: 1761 (published)

Publication: Atlas Methodique et Elementaire de Geographie et d'Histoire

Color: Black & White

Size:
20.6 x 14.2 inches
52.3 x 36.1 cm
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This interesting scene depicts the expulsion of Adam & Eve from the Garden of Eden. It is flanked by panels of French text and surrounded by an ornate picture frame border. Published in the deluxe edition of Atlas Methodique et Elementaire de Geographie et d'Histoire.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.BUY-1a.

Condition: A

A crisp impression on watermarked paper with minor soiling confined to the blank margins.

Estimate: $90 - $120

Sold for: $60

Closed on 9/16/2015

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