BORDA. [LA PEROUSE. BUFFON]. - Lot 21

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BORDA. [LA PEROUSE. BUFFON]. - Lot 21
BORDA. [LA PEROUSE. BUFFON]. Magnetic map of both hemispheres. (Paris, ca. 1788). A black copperplate engraving, 62 x 97 cm (sheet) (restored map; tear on the southern hemisphere; very faint water stains and foxing along the margins). Double-hemisphere world map, with each hemisphere depicted using a polar projection. Plate that likely accompanied the work *Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière* by Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, Paris, 1749–1804. Compiled by the scholar Jean-Charles de Borda to illustrate variations in the Earth’s magnetic field.
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