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LOT 1907
Map Carte des Isles Maldives by Jacques Bellin
1750 A.D.
9 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. (4.91 grams, 24.7 x 19.5 cm).
Hand-tinted map of the Maldives in a coloured border with French legend 'Carte des Isles Maldives pour servir a l'Histoire des Etablissements Europeens 1750' and similar in Dutch at foot 'Kaart der Maldivise Eilanden om te dienen voor de Hist.Beschr. der Volkpl. 1750'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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