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Auction 93, Lot 63

"Astronomie", Benard, Jacques Francois

Subject: Celestial

Period: 1730 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14 x 7.9 inches
35.6 x 20.1 cm
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Two celestial maps of one sheet: Hemisphere Boreal and Hemisphere Austral. Both are richly decorated with signs of the zodiac and other constellations.

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Condition: A

Later coloring. Short tear in bottom margin.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $120

Closed on 12/6/2000

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