Lot n° 23
Estimation :
100 - 200
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 100EUR
[World]. ANVILLE (Jean-Baptiste d'); DELAHAYE (Guillaume-Nic - Lot 23
[World]. ANVILLE (Jean-Baptiste d'); DELAHAYE (Guillaume-Nicolas), engraver. Orbis veteribus notus. Auspiciis Serenissimi Principis Ludovici Philippi, Aurelianorum Ducis, publici juris factus. [Paris], aux Galeries du Louvre, apud auctorem, 1763. 1 copper-engraved map, 54 x 76.5 cm, on sheet approx. 64 x 93 cm, colored borders (slight central fold, very faint wetness, marginal soiling not serious).
Beautiful map by d'Anville depicting the ancient world with geographical annotations, a diagram showing wind directions and their ancient names entitled "Ventorum plagae et nomina apud veteres", and a decorative cartouche engraved by N. Le Mire after H. Gravelot.
It extends west-east from the Moroccan coast to the Indochinese peninsula, and north-south from Scandinavia to Ethiopia.
My orders
Sale information
Sales conditions
Return to catalogue