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Auction 187, Lot 346
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"St. Salvador", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: Salvador, Brazil

Period: 1685 (circa)

Publication: Beschreibung des Gantzen Welt-Kreisses

Color: Hand Color

Size:
3.9 x 5.6 inches
9.9 x 14.2 cm
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This handsome view shows Salvador, Brazil, from the vantage of Baya de Todos los Sanctos. It depicts the city along the cliffs overlooking a harbor filled with ships in battle. San Salvador was Brazil's main sea port and a major center of the sugar industry and the slave trade. From a German edition of Mallet's renowned Description de l'Univers.

References: Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I B.

Condition: A

On watermarked paper with light printer's ink residue.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $75

Closed on 4/27/2022

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