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Auction 97, Lot 438

"Indien & Inner-Asien in 2 Blattern", Perthes, Justus

Subject: India and Tibet

Period: 1877 (dated)

Publication: Stieler's Hand-Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16 x 13 inches
40.6 x 33 cm
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Amazing detail on these precise steel engravings. The Southern sheet covers the region from Hyderbad through India to much of Burma and north to the Himalayans to include Bhutan and Nepal. Includes good detail of Ceylon and the Andaman chain. Three detailed insets are plans of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras. The Northern sheet extends through Tibet, Western China and north into Russia.

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Condition: A

Very fine impression and color on both.

Estimate: $50 - $60

Unsold

Closed on 12/5/2001

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