"Planiglobium Terrestre ou Mappe-Monde", Holtrop, W.
Subject: World
Period: 1790 (circa)
Publication: Zak-Atlas
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4.8 x 3.8 inches
12.2 x 9.7 cm
This charming and uncommon miniature map of the world focuses on important rivers and includes place names of countries and a few regions. The northwest coast of North America is blank, and a partially delineated Australia is nearly attached to New Guinea (although the hand coloring makes it appear attached). Below the hemispheres is a small diagram of the solar system based on the Copernican theory. Engraved by C. Sepp.
References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.HOLT-1a #1.
Condition: B+
Contemporary outline color on a bright sheet with light soiling and small remnants of hinge tape on verso.
