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Auction 174, Lot 496

"Plan de la Ville de Cadix", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Cadiz, Spain

Period: 1764 (circa)

Publication: Le Petit Atlas Maritime

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13.3 x 9.2 inches
33.8 x 23.4 cm
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A lovely bird's-eye plan of the important port city of Cadiz, with a numbered key identifying nearly 50 locations. Adorned with a decorative cartouche and a fleur-de-lis orienting north to the top left of the plan.

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Condition: A

A crisp impression on paper with a large medallion watermark and minor toning along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $80 - $95

Sold for: $65

Closed on 9/11/2019

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