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Auction 192, Lot 112
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"Le Detroit de Belle-Isle", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Eastern Canada

Period: 1764 (circa)

Publication: Le Petit Atlas Maritime

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6.3 x 8.3 inches
16 x 21.1 cm
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This finely engraved chart details the strait between Labrador and the Long Range Mountain region of Newfoundland, here called Terre-Neuve. A nice rococo-style cartouche floats at upper left and a gilt-highlighted fleur-de-lis caps the intersection of rhumb lines.

References: Kershaw #535.

Condition: A

On watermarked paper with a few gilt highlights. There is some minor printer's ink residue along the platemark.

Estimate: $90 - $110

Sold for: $75

Closed on 4/26/2023

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