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Auction 92, Lot 217

"Plan de la Ville de Kingston", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Jamaica

Period: 1764 (published)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.5 x 7.8 inches
29.2 x 19.8 cm
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Copper engraved plan of the city. The well laid out streets and avenues are numbered with names keyed at each side. At center is the "Place d'Arme", the church and community well. There is a separate section for Negroes. Includes a compass rose.

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Condition: A+

Light wash coloring in the sea.

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $60

Closed on 9/13/2000

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