5858 - 6000 FINE ARTS - FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS
- Laid down on board mount. = Shirley 553.
- Sl. browned/ foxed in blank margins.
= Rare, uncommonly small world map on Mercator's projection. Alaska is still shown as an island and Tasmania is shown attached to mainland Australia.
AND 3 others similar, i.a. "Planisphère Général Pour Servir a l'Intelligence de la Navigation et du Commerce des Européens, entreux et dans les deux Indes" (handcol. engr. map, Geneva, 1785. Closed tear in left margin).
- Sl. foxed in blank margins.
= With a circular projection of the North Pole and a heartshaped projection of the world.
AND 2 others, i.a. a map from the same publication: "Schuine Ronde Aard-klooten aantoonende het Middelpunt van parys en de tegenvoeters van Parys" (engr. North and South Pole map w. handcol. borders).