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Auction 178, Lot 489
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"Carte de l Inde au-dela du Gange Comprenant les Royaumes de Siam, de Tunquin, Pegu, Ava, Aracan, &c. &c...", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Southeast Asia

Period: 1780 (circa)

Publication: Abrege de l'Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11 x 10.9 inches
27.9 x 27.7 cm
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This finely engraved map covers Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Burma, with a small portion of China and Sumatra. The river systems are boldly engraved, including the Mekong Delta, and the topography is depicted pictorially. Adorned with a rococo cartouche.

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Condition: B+

A crisp impression on a bright sheet of paper with a small medallion watermark, issued folding with light offsetting, a small abrasion adjacent to the title cartouche, and light soiling along the edges of the sheet. Trimmed within the border at top right by the bookbinder, with the missing paper professionally replaced and the neatline reinstated in facsimile.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 6/10/2020

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