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Auction 141, Lot 666

"Vue de Goa", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: India

Period: 1750 (circa)

Publication: Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7 x 4.5 inches
17.8 x 11.4 cm
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Attractive copper engraved profile view of Goa. A number of ships are shown in the port as well as elephants along the docks. This map appeared in Tome VIII of Abbe Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages, which was published in 20 volumes.

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Condition: A

Issued folding.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $110

Closed on 9/5/2012

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