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Auction 88, Lot 151

"Cuba", Lasor a Varea, Alphonsus

Subject: Cuba

Period: 1713 (published)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
6 x 4 inches
15.2 x 10.2 cm
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Copper engraved in the Italian style with a stipple engraved sea. Based on the 1577 map by Porcacchi. The island of Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola are shown with mountains and coastal place names. Decorated with a title cartouche and sea monsters. Damp stain, else very good.

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Condition: B

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $275

Closed on 10/2/1999

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