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Auction 184, Lot 692
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"Penisola dell' Indo di qua del Gange, e l'Isola di Ceilan nell' Indie Orientali Descritta...", Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria

Subject: India & Sri Lanka

Period: 1695 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
23.8 x 17.9 inches
60.5 x 45.5 cm
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Fine, graphic map of India below the Tropic of Cancer, with insets of Sri Lanka and Trincomalee. The map is engraved in Coronelli's bold style with mountains and crisp detail filling the interior. The two insets are enclosed in decorative borders and the map is further embellished with a coat of arms held aloft by a cherub.

References:

Condition: B

A dark impression on a bright sheet with professional repairs to a number of short tears in the image, as well as to a 4" tear at top right and a 5" tear at bottom left.

Estimate: $450 - $550

Unsold

Closed on 9/15/2021

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