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Auction 147, Lot 308

"Carte de l'Isle de la Guadeloupe pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Guadeloupe

Period: 1758 (dated)

Publication: Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.1 x 8.4 inches
30.7 x 21.3 cm
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A very handsome, small map adorned with rhumb lines, fleur-de-lys, and two decorative rococo-style cartouches. Filled with good detail and place names throughout. Also includes the islands of Mari-Galante, Terre d'Enhaut, and Terre d'Enbas.

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Condition: A

On clean, bright paper with just a faint amount of off-setting.

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $60

Closed on 11/20/2013

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