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Auction 110, Lot 551

"Spain and Portugal", Tallis, John

Subject: Spain & Portugal

Period: 1845 (circa)

Publication: Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.4 x 9.7 inches
31.5 x 24.6 cm
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A very lovely steel engraved map of the region surrounded by eight artistically rendered vignettes; Bull Fight, Belem Castle, fine bird's-eye views of Lisbon, Gibraltar, and Madrid, and two coats of arms. Good detail throughout. Surrounded by a delicately engraved and decorative border. Borders and vignettes uncolored, as issued.

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Condition: A+

Original outline coloring.

Estimate: $100 - $120

Sold for: $0

Closed on 3/2/2005

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