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Auction 115, Lot 704

"Nouvelle Carte de la Partie des Indes Orientales, qui comprend, entr'autres Etats, les vastes Possessions des Anglais", Brion de la Tour/Desnos

Subject: India and Bangladesh

Period: 1786 (dated)

Publication: Atlas General, civil, ecclesiastique et militaire

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.3 x 10.8 inches
31.2 x 27.4 cm
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Very attractive map portrays India and the border region of the Gulf of Bengal. There is nice detail throughout. The map is surrounded in a baroque style border, that was printed from a separate copper plate.

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Condition: A

Original color with faint offsetting, overall very good.

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $100

Closed on 6/21/2006

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