Catalog Archive
Auction 142, Lot 671
Print View

"Afrique Moderne Newes Africa", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: Africa

Period: 1683 (circa)

Publication: Description de l'Univers

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4.2 x 5.8 inches
10.7 x 14.7 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

Charming, tiny map decorated with a crocodilian cartouche and vignette of native Africans. The Nile is shown with its source in twin lakes south of the Equator, in the Montagne de la Lune. Great detail and lovely engraving, showing the region from Europe to the Cape of Good Hope.

References: Pastoureau, Manesson-Mallet [251].

Condition: A

A few small spots in the lower blank margin.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 11/28/2012

Archived

About Us

Old World Auctions specializes in genuine antique maps, atlases and decorative graphics originating between the 14th and 19th centuries.

Read more about us...

Recent Articles

More...

General Info

Contact Info

3850 Gaskins Road, Suite 220
Henrico, VA 23233 (USA)
Phone: 804 290 8090
Email: info@oldworldauctions.com

© 2024 - All Rights Reserved |Privacy Policy | Copyright Notice | Sitemap