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Auction: 15040 - Antique Maps sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 165

Maps
Africa
1756 L'Afrique, Dressee Sur Les Relations Les Plus Recentes ..., by G. Robert de Vaugondy; 26 x 20½ inches, original outline colour.

Copper plate engraving on laid paper. Attractive title cartouche with female native resting under two palm trees with recumbent lion at her feet. The 1756 edition of "Atlas Universel" carried this map of Africa which was based on a work of 1749. This example was published by Delamarche, with the Vaugondy's title of Geographe Ord Du Roy removed to follow revolutionary correctness. It has the additional engraving of Riebeks Castel, Constantine, Stellenbos, Drakensteen and Eaux Chauds. The map shows clearly how little was known of the interior at this time.

Usual central reinforcement, "Afrique" printed on verso; fine. Photo

Estimate
SG$1,200 to SG$1,500