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"Partie de l'Afrique en deca de l'Equateur, Comprenau l'Egypte, la Barbarie, la Nigritie &c", Brion de la Tour/Desnos

Subject: Northern Africa

Period: 1766 (dated)

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Color: Hand Color

Size:

12.1 x 10.9 inches
30.7 x 27.7 cm

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An attractive map represents the region north of the Equator. The Nile rises from two small lakes in the Monts de la Lune. The map is adorned with a decorative title cartouche and is surrounded in an elaborately engraved, rococo-style border that was printed from a separate copperplate.

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Condition: A

Contemporary color on a sturdy sheet with one minor spot and light toning along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $21

Closed on 2/9/2022

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"Partie de l'Afrique en deca de l'Equateur, Comprenau l'Egypte, la Barbarie, la Nigritie &c", Brion de la Tour/Desnos

Subject: Northern Africa

Period: 1766 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:

12.1 x 10.9 inches
30.7 x 27.7 cm

An attractive map represents the region north of the Equator. The Nile rises from two small lakes in the Monts de la Lune. The map is adorned with a decorative title cartouche and is surrounded in an elaborately engraved, rococo-style border that was printed from a separate copperplate.

References:

Condition: A

Contemporary color on a sturdy sheet with one minor spot and light toning along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $21

Closed on 2/9/2022

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"Partie de l'Afrique en deca de l'Equateur, Comprenau l'Egypte, la Barbarie, la Nigritie &c", Brion de la Tour/Desnos

Subject: Northern Africa

Period: 1766 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:

12.1 x 10.9 inches30.7 x 27.7 cm

An attractive map represents the region north of the Equator. The Nile rises from two small lakes in the Monts de la Lune. The map is adorned with a decorative title cartouche and is surrounded in an elaborately engraved, rococo-style border that was printed from a separate copperplate.

References:

Condition: A

Contemporary color on a sturdy sheet with one minor spot and light toning along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $21

Closed on 2/9/2022

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12.1 x 10.9 inches
30.7 x 27.7 cm