"[Lot of 2] Theatrum Historicum ad Annum Christi Quadringentesimu in quo tum Imperii Romani tu Barbarorum ... Pars Occidentalis [and] ... Pars Orientalis", Delisle, Guillaume
This two-sheet map illustrates the Roman Empire in the year 400 AD, and includes all of western Europe, northern Africa, and south-central Asia. The map is flanked by insets showing the modern world in Western and Eastern hemispheres. It is filled with extensive notations, including one indicates that a gold coin stamped with the effigy of Augustus Caesar was found in an American gold mine, confirming the probability that the Roman penetrated as far as the New World.
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Condition: B+
Contemporary outline and wash color with later color in the cartouches. There are archivally repaired centerfold separations at bottom of both sheets, and very light spotting.