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Auction 162, Lot 726

"Vue & Description de la Ville de Lovango dans le Royaume de Congo...", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Western Africa

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Historique…

Color: Black & White

Size:
17.1 x 14.3 inches
43.4 x 36.3 cm
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This folio sheet contains a large view of the fabled city of Lovango at top and 10 vignettes of the people and ceremonies of the kingdom of Congo with French text descriptions.

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Condition: A

A sharp impression, issued folding on paper with a Strasbourg Lily watermark and a short tear in the bottom blank margin that has been closed on verso with archival tape.

Estimate: $110 - $140

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Closed on 4/26/2017

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