Subject: Portugal
Period: 1775 (dated)
Publication: Atlante Novissimo
Color: Hand Color
Size:
9.8 x 15 inches
24.9 x 38.1 cm
This detailed map of Portugal locates towns, fortified cities, rivers, forests and mountains. The elegantly engraved composition features a decorative title cartouche embellished with vignette of a moored boat and the royal coat of arms.
See also lot 705 for Phillips & LeGear's A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress with Bibliographical Notes that notes this map.
References: Phillips (Atlases) #651 v.1, #11; Shirley (BL Atlases) T.ZAT-1a #11.
Condition: A
Contemporary color on a sheet with a three crescent moon watermark. There are a few faint spots in the image and minor soiling in the margins.