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Auction 95, Lot 315

"Carte des Costes de Cochin Chine, Tunquin, et Partie de celles de la Chine", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: China and Vietnam

Period: 1760 (circa)

Publication: Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Black & White

Size:
5.5 x 8.2 inches
14 x 20.8 cm
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Finely engraved map of the Gulf of Tonkin covering the coastline from Canton through to the Mekong River delta. Detail is confined to coastal placenames and islands. Decorative title cartouche and fleur-de-lis. Cleaned and pressed.

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Condition: A

Cleaned and pressed.

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $85

Closed on 6/13/2001

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