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Auction 113, Lot 317

"Plan de la Ville de Kingston", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Jamaica

Period: 1764 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.5 x 7.8 inches
29.2 x 19.8 cm
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Nice copper engraved plan of the city illustrating the well laid-out streets and avenues numbered, with names keyed at each side. At center is the armory, church and community well. Outside the city limits are the Foreigners' Cemetery and the Blacks' Cemetery.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $100 - $150

Sold for: $75

Closed on 12/7/2005

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