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Lot 131
BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas (1703-1772). An Essay of a New and Compact Map Containing the Known Parts of the Terrestrial Globe. The Hague: P. de Hondt, 1750.
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BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas (1703-1772). An Essay of a New and Compact Map Containing the Known Parts of the Terrestrial Globe. The Hague: P. de Hondt, 1750.

Engraved map of the world on Mercator's projection with hand-coloring in wash and outline, visible area 19 3/4 x 25 1/8 in. (502 x 638 mm). Framed (unexamined out of frame). With decorative cartouche, compass, and rhumb lines.

Apparently a reworking of the Hondt-Bellin world map, with the title in English in the cartouche, and in French and Dutch in the lower margin.
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