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Auction 171, Lot 706

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"[Lot of 8] Coylang [and] The City of Pellacata... [and] The Taking of Ye City of Cotchin in Mallabar [and] A Mapp of Batavia [and] The New Gate [and] The City of Palembang... [and] The Isle of Amboina [and] The Pearle Fishery... "

Subject: India & Indonesia

Period: 1745 (circa)

Publication: A Collection of Voyages and Travels

Color: Black & White

Size:
13.6 x 11 inches
34.5 x 27.9 cm
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These attractive, detailed plates were issued in volume 7 of Thomas Osbourne's A Collection of Voyages an Travels. Osbourne included two additional volumes (seven and eight) to supplement Awnsham & John Churchill's 6 volume set first published in 1733. The lot includes seven splendid views and one map focusing on India and Indonesia including:

Coylang
The City of Pellacata...
The Taking of Ye City of Cotchin in Mallabar
A Mapp of Batavia
The New Gate
The City of Palembang...
The Isle of Amboina
The Pearle Fishery...

Size varies slightly.

References: Sabin #13015.

Condition: B+

Overall dark impressions on mostly clean sheets with occasional faint dampstains, otherwise fine.

Estimate: $350 - $450

Sold for: $350

Closed on 2/6/2019

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