[World]. DELAMARCHE (Félix). Mappe-monde, ou description du - Lot 3

[World]. DELAMARCHE (Félix). Mappe-monde, ou description du globe terrestre... Paris, Delamarche, [after 1817]. 1 copper-engraved map, 39 x 53 cm (sheet), colored borders (slight foxing). Double hemisphere by Delamarche according to recent astronomical observations. It shows the Americas in the western hemisphere and Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia, called New Holland, in the eastern hemisphere. It features an elegant cartouche illustrated with allegorical figures bearing the title of the map, the names of the hemispheres and publication information. This map was published in Paris after 1817 by Félix Delamarche (1780-1835), son of Charles François Delamarche (1740-1817), who took over his father's business at rue du Jardinet n°13, opposite rue de l'Éperon (the address printed on this copy of the map).