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Description:
Cassini, Jean-Dominique (1625-1712) Carte Particuliere des Environs de Paris. Paris: l'Academie Royale, 1678. The engraved map printed on nine large sheets, detailing the towns and topography around the City of Paris, the corner sheets with title, scale, legend and publisher cartouches, (vertical fold through center),sheets 20 1/2 x 27 in.; with twenty-one 18th century maps of islands and ports in the Caribbean Sea; and book of watercolor plates of machines, architectural elements and topographic features, (one image trimmed),19 x 13 in.
Estimate $300-500
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Dominique, ParisJohn Dorfman
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Fine Books & Manuscripts
The Fine Books & Manuscripts department delivers scholarship, expertise, and attention to detail in appraisals, evaluations, and auctions of rare books and historically important material ranging from medieval manuscripts to presidential documents.