| Item Number: | 2152 |
| Year: | 1705 |
| City of edition: | Paris |
L'Afrique, dressée selon les dernieres relations et suivant les Nouvelles decouvertes. . . 1705. [Antique map of African, Carte]
This is the rare second state of Nicolas de Fer's large engraved map of Africa, originally published in 1705. The cartography of this map is based on De Fer's wall map from 1696 and was subsequently featured in his smaller format map, first in 1700 and then in 1705 (as is the case with our copy). The engraving work for the map was done by Hendrik van Loon. Both the first and second editions of this map are extremely scarce in the market. There are minor losses in the lower corners (which do not affect the image) that have been professionally restored (please refer to our picture for details). Overall, this map is in very good condition. 46.5 x 59.5 cm. Full title: L'Afrique Dressée selon les dernieres Relations et suivant les Nouvelles decouvertes dont les Points principaux sont placez sur les Observations de Mrs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. Par N. de Fer. A Paris. Chez l'Autheur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le Quay de l'Orloge a la Sphere Royale 1705. Avec Privilege du Roy.
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