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Mr. Philip D. Burden
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An attractive map of the island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from Jacques Nicolas Bellin’s greatest atlas, the ‘Petit Atlas Maritime’. This copperplate engraved chart shows the whole island in great detail with villages, towns and rivers featured. The rococo-style title cartouche bears a distance scale. Phillips 638 & 3508; Shirley BL M. Bell 5a; Nordenskiold Collection 1 no. 10; Maritime Museum no. 211.
BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
Carte de l'Isle de Ceylan
Paris, 1764
270 x 200 mm., in full recent wash colour.
Stock number: 4914
SOLD