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Auction 152, Lot 644
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"Penisola dell' Indo di qua del Gange, e l'Isola di Ceilan nell' Indie Orientali Descritta...", Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria

Subject: India & Sri Lanka

Period: 1696 (circa)

Publication: Isolario Descrittione Geografico

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.7 x 17.8 inches
60.2 x 45.2 cm
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Fine, graphic map of India below the Tropic of Cancer, with insets of Sri Lanka and Trincomalee. The map is engraved in Coronelli's bold style with mountains and crisp detail filling the interior. The two insets are enclosed in decorative borders and the map is further embellished with a coat of arms held aloft by a cherub. Italian text on verso.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.CORO-13a #193.

Condition: A

A dark impression with attractive color on a clean, bright sheet with faint offsetting. There are some creases confined to blank margins, and an archivally repaired tear in bottom corner, away from map.

Estimate: $600 - $750

Sold for: $450

Closed on 2/18/2015

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