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Auction 197, Lot 387

"Ples. du Chili", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: Chile, Native Americans

Period: 1684 (published)

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 attractive engraving shows a pair of Chilean natives with a fortified city and mountains in the background. The title is contained in a banner-style cartouche typical of Mallet's engravings.

References: King (2nd ed.) pp. 152-53; Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I B.

Condition: A

A dark impression with minor toning and faint, marginal foxing.

Estimate: $80 - $95

Unsold

Closed on 4/24/2024

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