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Auction 197, Lot 88

"Le Detroit de Belle-Isle", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Eastern Canada

Period: 1764 (circa)

Publication: Le Petit Atlas Maritime

Color: Black & White

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

A crisp impression on a sturdy sheet with light toning and a few foxing spots in margins, well away from the image.

Estimate: $70 - $90

Sold for: $50

Closed on 4/24/2024

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