Live auction - Lot 519
[World - Africa]
Africa in praecipuas ipsius partes distributa [...]. L'Afrique selon les nouvelles observations [...].
Leiden, P. Van Der Aa, [c. 1713]
€ 800 / 1.200
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Lot description
Engr., 47,3 x 65,8 cm, hand-coloured (few sm. spots, mostly marg.).
Hinged at upper edge.
Detailed map, incl. numerous isles off the coasts, e.g. Cape Verde, Saint Helena, Madagascar, etc., the Arabian peninsula and the coast of India. With an elaborate title cartouche of a seated, native woman with a lion, snake and elephants. Only 1 publication known: "Le Nouveau Théâtre du Monde ou La Geographie Royale" in 1713. Verso blank.
Ref. Koeman I Aa6 (48).
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