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Auction 169, Lot 360

"Carte de l'Isle a Vache, a la Coste du Sud de l'Isle de St. Domingue", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Ile-a-Vache, Haiti

Period: 1764 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6.8 x 8.6 inches
17.3 x 21.8 cm
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Oriented with north to the top left, this map shows Ile-a-Vache, which lies on the southwestern coast of Haiti near the Baie de Cayes. Adorned with a rococo-style cartouche.

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Condition: A

A nice impression with an unobtrusive amount of soiling, minor toning along the edges of the sheet, and a short tear along the platemark at top right.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $75

Closed on 9/12/2018

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