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Auction 99, Lot 280

"Isle de la Martinique", Bonne, Rigobert

Subject: Martinique

Period: 1780 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13.5 x 8.3 inches
34.3 x 21.1 cm
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Delicately engraved map showing mountains, roads, towns, forts and anchorages. Decorative title cartouche at top. Virtually identical to Bellin's "Carte de l' Isle de la Martinique." Engraved by Croisy.

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Condition: A

Good impression with very nice older hand coloring. Fine handlaid paper is lightly toned with traces of offsetting.

Estimate: $60 - $80

Sold for: $45

Closed on 6/12/2002

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