Price: $125.00
SKU: 24936
ARTIST: Jacques Bellin
PUBLISHER: Published by Jean Francois de La Harpe, Paris.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: 1756.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 8 1/8 x 12 1/8" (208 x 31 cm) Plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: A nice example of Bellin’s map of Paraguay. This map appeared in Prevost's "L'Histoire Generale des Voyages".<br><br> The cartographer Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was one of the most important and proficient French cartographers of the eighteenth century. He was appointed the first Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine, and also the Official Hydrographer to the French. Manuscript number in lower margin "No. 308"
ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 11 x 15 inch archival mylar for handling.
CONDITION: Good condition save for small ore deposit in paper in lower margin. B/W
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