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Auction 118, Lot 435

"Carte du Mexique", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Mexico

Period: 1754 (dated)

Publication: l' Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.5 x 7.7 inches
29.2 x 19.6 cm
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An attractive map of central Mexico reaching from Durango in the north as far south as the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Mexico City is located on the shores of a large lake. Lovely title cartouche at the lower left.

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Condition: B

Light offsetting, else fine.

Estimate: $120 - $180

Sold for: $90

Closed on 3/6/2007

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