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Auction 88, Lot 303

"Coromandel Pare le S' d'Anville", Janvier, Jean

Subject: India

Period: 1753 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.7 x 38 inches
50 x 96.5 cm
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Two unjoined sheets (each 19.5 x 19") make up this large chart of the Coromandel coast of India. Covers from about Bandar to Nagappattinam with a great amount of detail along the coast and the rivers. Rhumb lines, scale of miles and a simple title. On thick fine paper with light damp stain in very wide margins.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $350 - $400

Sold for: $160

Closed on 10/2/1999

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