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Auction 96, Lot 12

"La Geographie Fait De Nouvelles Decouvertes Sur Le Globe", [blank]

Subject: Title Page

Period: 1750 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8.5 x 11 inches
21.6 x 27.9 cm
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Charming title page showing a child sitting on top of a large globe surrounded by atlases, maps and cartographic instruments, all enclosed by a boldly engraved border. Drawn by G.P. Marillier and engraved by P.N. Rurivet.

References:

Condition: A

Crisp impression and later color.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $100

Closed on 9/12/2001

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