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JACQUES NICOLAS BELLIN (1703 - 1772)

NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN MAP OF INDIA


Estimate: Rs 20,000-Rs 30,000 ( $260-$385 )


Northern and Southern Map of India


a) Jacques Nicolas Bellin, Carte De L'Inde en dec¸a` du Gange comprenant l'Indoustan &c: Suivant les Cartes les plus recentes: Conciliees avec les Relations et les De´tails Ge´ographiques insere´s dans l'Histoire Ge´ne´rale des Voyages, 1752
9.75 x 14 in (24.5 x 35.5 cm)

Old antique atlas map of India, Hindostan and Bangladesh with topographical details. The map is a later hand-coloured copper plate engraving, two cartouches, containing the title and distance scales. Original map of Nicolas Bellin for Prevost d'Exiles influential travel book, l'Histoire Ge´ne´rale des Voyages.


b) Jacques Nicolas Bellin, Suite de la carte de l'Inde en dec¸a` du Gange: IIe. feuille, comprenant la Presqu' Isle de l'Inde: pour servir a` l'Histoire Générale des Voyages, Paris, 1752
9.25 x 10.25 in (23.5 x 26 cm)

Interesting regional map of Southern India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). A wonderfully detailed map. Includes a large decorative title cartouche. One of the maps produced by Nicolas Bellin for Prevost d'Exiles influential travel book, L'Histoire Ge´ne´rale des Voyages.

(Set of two)

These works will be shipped unframed

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