L'Afrique Dressee sur les Observations de M. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences...

Guillaume de l'Isle (*1675 - 1726)
Old coloured map of the African continent. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier circa 1730.

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Old coloured map of Africa after Guillaume de l'Isle. This is the Covens & Mortier edition of the richly detailed map of Africa by G. de l'Isle. Top right a magnificent title cartouche with an elephant, a crocodile and an ostrich.

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CartographerGuillaume de l'Isle
TitleL'Afrique Dressee sur les Observations de M. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences...
Publisher, YearCovens & Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1730
Plate Size48.0 x 57.5 cm (18.9 x 22.6 inches)
Sheet Size53.0 x 63.0 cm (20.9 x 24.8 inches)

Condition

Underlining by an old hand, lower centrefold backed. Very good condition with old outline colour. Never framed before.

Cartographer

The de L'Isle family was one of the most influential Geographers of the early 18th century in France. Claude de L'Isle, born 1644, had four sons, of which Guillaume was the most notable. Guillaume was born 1675 and became member of the Académie Royale des Sciences with the age of twenty-seven, and was honoured later with the title Premier Géographe du Roi. His largest project, the Atlas de Géographie, was published until 1774 in Paris and Amsterdam (Covens and Mortier). He died in 1726.

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Guillaume de l'Isle: L'Afrique Dressee sur les Observations de M. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences....
Old coloured map of the African continent. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier circa 1730.

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