World in spheres 1750 Vaugondy engraved hand colored map Tajo River Scarce 18th century French miniature

Scarce 18th century French miniature woodcut map

(World Map- Africa- Europe- Asia- New Holland- North & South America- Antarctica)

Springfield

Nicer than typical for cloth books of this era

including the original matinee ticket stub

World in spheres 1750 Vaugondy engraved hand colored map Tajo River Scarce 18th century French miniatureMappe Monde. (World map in hemispheres). Issued c. 1750 1768 (1768 re issue of 1750 version, likely from a variant plate), Paris by Vaugondy. Charming mid eighteenth century engraved miniature map with lovely full hand color. The entire north west coast of America unknown and undefined. Australia only partially outlined in an erroneous shape with speculative cost attaching the continent to van Diemens island and New Guinea. Original fold lines as