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Auction 102, Lot 22

"L'Ancien Monde et le Nouveau en deux Hemispheres", Bonne, Rigobert

Subject: World

Period: 1780 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8.4 x 16.1 inches
21.3 x 40.9 cm
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Attractive double hemisphere map. The United States are shown confined east of the Mississippi River. Tasmania is attached to Australia. Greenland is likewise attached to North America. Alaska is a large group of islands labeled Alaschka. The northwest coast of North America is nearly completely blank.

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Condition: B

Bit of very faint and unobtrusive offsetting.

Estimate: $275 - $325

Unsold

Closed on 3/5/2003

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