Title: Partie Occidentale De L’Ancien Contient.
Depuis Lssbonne jusqu’a la riviere de Sierra Leona:
Avec I’sle Madere, Les Isles Canaries et celle du C. Verd
par M. Bonne, Ingx. hydrogrape. de la marine
Date: 1780
Color: Black & White
Medium: Copperplate Engraving on heavy wove paper
Dimension: image (21.2 x 31.8 cm or 8 3/8 x 12 1/2 inch); paper (25 x 39 cm or 19 7/8 x 15 3/8 inch)
Credit: Rigobert Bonne (cartographer), Andre (engraver), Abbe Raynal (author) from Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre, dressé (Paris, 1780)
Condition:
The map is in excellent condition [i.e., clear and clean image, strong and bright paper, original full margins, no bend, no tear, and slight but even age toning – likely one of the nicest condition you will ever encounter for this map]. Issued with a centerfold, photo in high resolution is presented for your convenience of identification and judging its excellent quality independently.
Flaws to note: the map is nearly flawless with a few tiny stain spots around the edge of margin..
Description:
Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) was a prominent French cartographer of 18th century who succeed Jacques Bellin as the Royal Cartogpraher. This very nice Bonne map [of France] was published in Raynal’s Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre, dressé. The title and the contents for majority of the maps from this atlas were set in French except those maps depicting classical period that were set in Latin.
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