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Auction 159, Lot 351

"Carte de l'Isle de Saint Domingue, pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Hispaniola

Period: 1758 (circa)

Publication: La Harpe's Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.5 x 7.6 inches
29.2 x 19.3 cm
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This copper-engraved map of Hispaniola names several capes, ports, and bays running along the coast of the island, as well as identifying numerous towns and rivers inland. A compass rose capped with a fleur-de-lis radiates rhumb lines and a title cartouche draped in garlands adorns the upper left corner.

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Condition: A

A crisp impression with a hint of offsetting and minor toning along edges of sheet.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $75

Closed on 9/14/2016

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