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Auction 175, Lot 313

"Plan de la Ville de Carthagene des Indes...", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Cartagena, Colombia

Period: 1752 (circa)

Publication: Histoire Generale des Voyages...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.4 x 7.3 inches
31.5 x 18.5 cm
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Detailed bird's-eye plan of the important port city of Cartagena. Lettered and numbered keys identify numerous places and buildings within the city. A compass rose orients north to the bottom left. Adorned with a rococo cartouche.

References: cf. Kapp (MCC-77) #88.

Condition: A

A nice impression, issued folding and now flattened on a bright sheet with minor toning along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Unsold

Closed on 11/13/2019

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