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Auction 199, Lot 337
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"St. Salvador", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: Salvador, Brazil

Period: 1684 (published)

Publication: Beschreibung des Gantzen Welt-Kreisses...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4 x 5.8 inches
10.2 x 14.7 cm
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This handsome view shows Salvador, Brazil, from the vantage of Baya de Todos los Sanctos. It depicts the city along the cliffs overlooking a harbor filled with ships in battle. San Salvador was Brazil's main sea port and a major center of the sugar industry and the slave trade. From a German edition of Mallet's renowned Description de l'Univers.

References: Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I B.

Condition: A

A sharp impression on a bright sheet with part of a coat of arms watermark and minor marginal soiling.

Estimate: $80 - $100

Unsold

Closed on 9/11/2024

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