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Auction 93, Lot 167

"Carte Reduite des Isles Antilles…", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Lesser Antilles

Period: 1758 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.2 x 34.5 inches
56.4 x 87.6 cm
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Handsome sea chart on two joined sheets covering the region from the Virgin Islands to Grenada in great detail. Two large floral cartouches; one enclosing the title and the other with an inset "Carte Particuliere les Isles des Vierges". Rhumb lines and two vignettes of coastlines.

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Condition: B

On very thick paper. Very light damp stain and old repairs of some long tears with some roughness along joint. Overall a very attractive and uncommon map.

Estimate: $900 - $1,000

Sold for: $800

Closed on 12/6/2000

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