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Auction 90, Lot 110

"Plan de la Baye de Pensacola dans la Floride"

Subject: Florida

Period: 1757 (circa)

Publication: l'Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Black & White

Size:
6.7 x 8.5 inches
17 x 21.6 cm
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Crisp copperplate engraving of the bay with tiny Pensacola protected by Fort St. Charles. Soundings and a bit of topographical detail on the coast are all that is shown. Delicately engraved title cartouche and fluer-de-lys. Margins toned.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $300 - $350

Sold for: $150

Closed on 3/15/2000

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