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Auction 195, Lot 42
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"Hemisphere Oriental", Brion de la Tour, Louis

Subject: Eastern Hemisphere

Period: 1770 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
15.6 x 13.8 inches
39.6 x 35.1 cm
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This attractive hemisphere map is surrounded in a frame-style border that was printed from a separate copper plate. Australia is partially mapped and then completed into an odd shape by hachures connecting Tasmania and New Guinea. The maps includes numerous explorers' routes and important recent discoveries.

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Condition: A

Full contemporary color on a bright, watermarked sheet with some minute worm holes and dampstaining in the top and bottom margins.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $60

Closed on 11/15/2023

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