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Auction 199, Lot 280

"Ples. de Virginie", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: Virginia, Native Americans

Period: 1684 (published)

Publication: Beschreibung des Gantzen Welt-Kreisses...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4.3 x 5.8 inches
10.9 x 14.7 cm
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This copper engraving depicts Indigenous peoples of Virginia adorned in beads and draped in dress cloth. Alternate German title appears above upper neatline: Die Einwohner der Landtschafft Virginea.

References: Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I B.

Condition: A

There is minor soiling and marginal foxing.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $80

Closed on 9/11/2024

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