"L'Afrique, ou Lybie Ulterieure ou sont le Saara, ou Desert, le Pays des Negres, la Guinee, et les Pays Circonu...", Sanson/Mariette

Handsome map of Western Africa filled with information, much of it spurious, in the Sahara Desert, the Niger River and the coast of Guinea. Of particular interest are several incomplete rivers in the desert regions that appear and then disappear. The map is beautifully engraved by Jean Sommer with a title cartouche fashioned in the form of an oriental carpet.

References: Pastoureau, SANSON V A.

Condition: A

Fine impression on a sheet with a large coat of arms watermark with contemporary outline color and later wash color. There is a bit of very faint toning on bottom centerfold.