[FER] | Mappe-monde ou carte generale de la terre, 1760, large hand-coloured wall-map

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MAPPE-MONDE OU CARTE GENERALE DE LA TERRE. PARIS: LOUIS-CHARLES DESNOS, 1760

Large engraved wall-map, (785 x 1095mm., engraved area; 970 x 1265mm., total area), hand-coloured, backed on linen, old folds and occasional repairs or restoration

HIGHLY DECORATIVE DOUBLE-HEMISPHERE MAP OF THE WORLD, first published by Nicolas de Fer in 1694, surrounded by allegorical decorations and scientific diagrams of the heavens; the plates passed to de Fer's successors, first Guillaume Danet and then Desnos. Both made extensive changes to the plates, successively updating and improving the geographical delineation.

LITERATURE:

cf. Shirley 560

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