1769 DOUBLE-HEMISPHERE WORLD MAP: OBSERVATIONS SUR LES POINTS CARDINAUX, LIGNES, ET CERCLES DE LA SPHERE.

TOUR, Brion de la, and Louis Charles DESNOS.

23471 Paris, 1769. Hand-coloured engraved map, 40 x 56 cms., west and east hemispheres with outline hand-colouring, descriptive French-language text on both sides, all contained within a finely-engraved decorative border showing the instruments of geographers and cartographers, fine condition. Framed and glazed. A map showing the world coastlines as known at the time of Louis XV. Eastern Australia awaits discovery. An early fine and decorative map of the world. $450.00AUD
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