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Auction 176, Lot 276

"Carte du Mexique pour l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Mexico

Period: 1754 (dated)

Publication: Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.4 x 8.3 inches
29 x 21.1 cm
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An attractive map of central Mexico that reaches from Durango in the north to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the south. Mexico City is located on the shores of a large lake. A decorative title cartouche graces the map.

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Condition: A

A nice impression with light toning and a bit of tape residue along the sheet edges.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $40

Closed on 2/12/2020

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