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"L'Amérique dressée sur les relations les plus recentes rectifiées sur les dernières observations [...]"
Jean-Baptiste Crépy (1753-1796)
Estimate
2.500 - 3.500
Session 2
21 July 2026
Hammer Price
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Coloured engraving on paper, dedicated to King Louis XVI, depicting the great voyages of Christopher Columbus, Giovanni de Verrazzano, Ferdinand Magellan, and Pedro Fernández de Quirós, four great navigators central to European maritime expansion
Frame painted with a set of 30 cartouches illustrating the discovery of the various regions of the Americas, accompanied by text at the lower part
Dated 1775
(traces of folds, foxing, and minor defects)
126x141 cm
Additional Information
This engraving was originally published in 1740 by Jean Baptiste Nolin II, and this reissue is by Jean-Baptiste Crépy (1753-1796), who acquired the copper plates after Nollin's death.
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