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De L'Isle, Guillaume (Delisle, De Lisle) And Philippe Buache

Carte de l'Egypte, de la Nubie, de l'Abissinie &c par Guillaume De lisle de l'Academie R. des Sciences (antique map of Egypt, Nubia, Abyssinia, etc.)

Dezauche, 1780

475.00 €

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(Sitges, Spain)

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Year of publication
1780
Place of printing
Paris
Author
De L'Isle, Guillaume (Delisle, De Lisle) And Philippe Buache
Publishers
Dezauche
Keyword
colemaps
Languages
English

Description

A stunning map of Arabia and northeastern Africa (from Libya and Egypt in the north to Somalia and the Gulf of Guinea in the south). 50 x 62 cm (plate), 55 x 76 cm (sheet). Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, and Abyssinia (Ethiopia) are wonderfully detailed; the interior much less so, with some marvelously cryptic comments ("Desert de Berdoa, d'une grande sÈcheresse, o˘ il n'y a pas de s˚retÈ pour les marchands ‡ cause de voleurs"; "Royaume de TÈmian, dont les habitans sont ‡ ce qu'on dit Antropophages.") Printed on fine, thick watermarked laid paper. Original outline color. Reverse blank. A fine impression. Three small faint stains in the upper margin that could easily be removed, and that in any case would be invisible were the map matted and framed), else A PRISTINE EXAMPLE, with the paper FINE AND BRIGHT. Very scarce in such fine condition.