Travel, Atlases, Maps & Natural History

Travel, Atlases, Maps & Natural History

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Property of a Distinguished Collector

WORLD MAP | Elwe, Mappe Monde, 1792

Lot Closed

November 17, 02:05 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Distinguished Collector

ELWE, JAN BAREND


Mappe monde ou description du globe terrestre & aquatique. Amsterdam, 1792


550 x 640mm., double-page engraved map, coloured by hand, mounted, marginal fraying mostly concealed by mount


A re-issue of Hubert Jaillot’s seventeenth-century world map, highly decorative, and showing California as an island.

A re-issue of Hubert Jaillot’s seventeenth-century world map, highly decorative, and showing California as an island.