Subject: France
Period: 1741 (dated)
Publication: Atlas Mapparum Geographicarum Generalium...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
22.9 x 19.1 inches
58.2 x 48.5 cm
An attractive map of France based upon the geography of Guillaume Delisle and updated by the Homann firm. It is highly detailed throughout with political boundaries, cities and towns, lakes, rivers, topography and more. Decorated by a compass rose in the English Channel and an ornate title cartouche featuring the coat of arms, weapons, soldiers, and children harvesting grapes. A secondary title in French along with distance scales appear above the top border.
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Condition: B+
A crisp impression on a bright sheet that was trimmed by the bookbinder to just inside the border at bottom. There is a 1.5" centerfold separation at bottom that has been archivally repaired.