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Auction 160, Lot 442

"Ville de Saint Salvador Capitale du Bresil", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: San Salvador, Brazil

Period: 1764 (circa)

Publication: Le Petite Atlas Maritime

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.4 x 6.4 inches
31.5 x 16.3 cm
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Lovely plan of the fortified city of San Salvador shows the locations of churches, palaces and gun powder storage. The map has a lettered key at left and is adorned with a simple decorative cartouche.

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Condition: A

Watermarked paper with wide margins and minor marginal soiling.

Estimate: $180 - $210

Sold for: $90

Closed on 11/16/2016

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