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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Historical
• Sale Date:
  29 May 2021 ~ 11am (AEST) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 684
  30 May 2021 ~ 11am (AEST) - Session 2: Lots 685 - 1314
• Lot #:
  799
• Lot Description:
  [PARTE DEL MARE PACIFICA] ENGRAVED BY VINCENT MARIO CORONELLI (THEOLOGIAN, MATHEMATICIAN & CARTOGRAPHER, VENICE), 1691
  Finely executed copperplate-engraved map with some sensitive hand-colouring showing the west coast of Australia and the east coast of New Zealand, as discovered by the Dutch in 1654; block-mounted, gilt framed and glazed,
  overall 76 x 91cm; 46.5 x 61.5 cm (plate size)
• Notes:
  Coronelli was appointed cosmographer to the Venetian Republic and was commissioned to produce terrestrial and celestial globes for Louis XIV, which now reside in the Bibliothéque National Francois Mitterand in Paris.
• Estimate:
  A$1,000 - 1,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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