World Map Mercator's Projection Mts. of Moon Africa 1842 Lapie large folio map World Maps Stained Glass

Stained Glass

The New England Almanack

ven der Wijst

The visual presentation is unique to the era and a type of printed popular newsprint image which is no longer being produced

25 1/2" x 17"

World Map Mercator's Projection Mts. of Moon Africa 1842 Lapie large folio map World Maps Stained GlassMappe Monde sur la Projection de Mercator. (World Map, Mercator's Projection, Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America, South America). Issued 1842, Paris by Lapie. Finely engraved large oversize mid 19th century map with original outline hand color. French text. Vast apocryphal Mts. of the Moon shown cutting across the interior of Africa. Nice looking example, pleasing age patina with a uniform gentle age toning, blank margins with age spotting,