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Auction 172, Lot 345

"Plan de la Ville de Carthagene des Indes...", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Cartagena, Colombia

Period: 1752 (circa)

Publication: Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.6 x 7.3 inches
32 x 18.5 cm
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Detailed bird's-eye plan of the important port city of Cartagena. Lettered and numbered keys identify numerous places and buildings within the city. A compass rose orients north to the bottom left. Adorned with a rococo cartouche.

References: Kapp (MCC-77) #88.

Condition: A

A sharp impression on a red-lined sheet of watermarked paper with a couple of faint spots.

Estimate: $275 - $350

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Closed on 4/17/2019

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