MAURICE - LA RÉUNION. SCHRAEMBL, F.A - Lot 121

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MAURICE - LA RÉUNION. SCHRAEMBL, F.A - Lot 121
MAURICE - LA RÉUNION. SCHRAEMBL, F.A Das Vorgebirg der Guten Hofnung. Vienne, 1789. Limites en col. d'époque. Printed on heavy paper, paper with some surface dirt. Wide margins. 495 x 325 mm. Well-engraved map of the Cape of Good Hope copied from De La Rochette and Faden's influential map of seven years earlier. The map has a pictorial appearance with hills and mountains shown, very effectively shaded, in profile and contains a considerable amount of detail on roads, settlements and harbour depths. A large cartouche, at top right, includes a scene of an elephant hunt against a rocky background. The publisher Schraembl, produced a number of maps for the German market copied from the leading French and English mapmakers of the day. A decorative example. - Dörflinger, Österr. Karten des 18.Jhdts, Schl/49. Norwich, Maps of Africa, 225.
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