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Auction 202, Lot 325
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"Plan de la Ville et Cite de St. Francois de Quito...", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Quito, Ecuador

Period: 1756 (published)

Publication: Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages ... Tome Treizieme

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.8 x 7.2 inches
32.5 x 18.3 cm
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This lovely town plan of Quito, Ecuador identifies significant churches, parishes, monastic establishments, and government and municipal buildings with a lettered and numbered key at left. A cross on the map at left pinpoints El Panecillo, a hill of volcanic origin, and the location of a temple which the Indians used to worship the sun. The hill is now the site of the city's iconic Madonna of Quito monument. North is oriented to top right.

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Condition: A

A crisp impression issued folding with minor offsetting and a bit of soiling in the blank margins.

Estimate: $110 - $150

Sold for: $80

Closed on 2/12/2025

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