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"Carta dell' Isola di Santa Lucia", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: St. Lucia

Period: 1781 (published)

Publication: Teatro della Guerra Marittima...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.8 x 7.7 inches
30 x 19.6 cm
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This is an Italian copy of Bellin's small map of the island of Saint Lucia in the Lesser Antilles. The map is intricately engraved to show topographical details, place names, a road that runs the length of the island to the town of Soufriere, and the minute coastal detail for which Bellin is renowned. It is nicely decorated with a rococo-style cartouche. A small fleur-de-lis orients north to the left. The map also appeared in Gazetto Americano (1781).

References: Tooley (MCC-81) #12.

Condition: A

A crisp impression on a sheet with a watermark of crescent moons. There is minor foxing and marginal soiling.

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $60

Closed on 2/12/2025

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