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Auction 88, Lot 159

"Le Bresil Suivant les Nouvelles Observations"

Subject: Brazil

Period: 1705 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
16 x 13 inches
40.6 x 33 cm
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Striking copper engraved map surrounded in a large picture-frame style border and title cartouche depicting mining. Great coastal detail with numerous notations concerning reports on the interior. Minor, slightly uneven toning, else fine with crisp impression.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $300

Closed on 10/2/1999

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