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"St. Salvador", Mallet, Alain Manesson
Subject: Salvador, Brazil
Period: 1684 (published)
Publication: Beschreibung des Gantzen Welt-Kreisses...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4 x 5.8 inches
10.2 x 14.7 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
A sharp impression on a bright sheet with part of a coat of arms watermark and minor marginal soiling.
Estimate: $100 - $130
Price: $75
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