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Auction 193, Lot 649
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"Archipel des Indes Orientales, qui Comprend les Isles de la Sonde, Moluques et Philippines, Tirees des Cartes du Neptune Oriental", Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles

Subject: East Indies - Indonesia

Period: 1750 (dated)

Publication: Atlas Universel

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.4 x 19 inches
59.4 x 48.3 cm
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A detailed depiction of the region centered on Borneo, showing Sumatra, Java, the Malay Peninsula, the Philippines, and the tips of New Guinea and Northern Australia (Nouvelle Hollande). An inset at upper right depicts the Marianas. The map names Sincapoura (Singapore) and Batavia (Jakarta) and locates the important Spice Islands. A decorative rococo-style title cartouche and three distance scales are also featured. Engraved by Guillaume Delahaye.

References: Pedley #413.

Condition: A

A crisp impression with contemporary outline color on a bright sheet with a medallion watermark and minor offsetting along the centerfold.

Estimate: $450 - $550

Sold for: $325

Closed on 6/21/2023

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