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Auction 142, Lot 364
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Lovely Picture-Frame Style Border

"Le Bresil, Suivant les Nouvelles Observations…", Aa, Pieter van der

Subject: Brazil

Period: 1729 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
15.9 x 13.1 inches
40.4 x 33.3 cm
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Finely engraved map of Brazil with particularly good detail along the coastline and in the capitanias. The interior includes notations on the various Indian inhabitants, mineral deposits and river systems. Decorated with a fine title cartouche representing the wealth of the region. The map is surrounded by an elaborate picture-frame style border, which was printed from a separate plate. Van der Aa's maps with the separately printed frame borders are much more uncommon than the standard editions without these decorative borders.

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Condition: B+

A fine impression on watermarked paper with light toning and a few minor spots of foxing.

Estimate: $550 - $700

Sold for: $275

Closed on 11/28/2012

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