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Auction 125, Lot 805

"[Lot of 4 - East Indies]", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: East Indies - Indonesia

Period: 1760 (circa)

Publication: Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages

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This nice group of copper engraved maps details the East Indies islands important to the spice trade. 1) Carte Particuliere des Isles Moluques, hand color, (6 x 8.5"); 2) Carte Particuliere de l'Isle d'Amboine (Byzondere Kaart van het Eyland Amboina), engraved by Van Schley, uncolored (11.5 x 8.5"); 3) Carte de l'Isle Celebes ou Macassar,1765, hand color, (5.8 x 8"); and 4) Plan de l'Isle Onrust - Grondtekening van't Eiland Onrust, engraved by Van Schley, uncolored (10.8 x 7.3"), short tear in bottom margin. A great lot of Spice Island related charts.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $150 - $200

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Closed on 9/24/2008

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