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An 18th century playing-card map of Borneo & Sumatra

Stock No. 13010 Category: Tags: , , , Cartographer: RABATTA, Augusto & BAILOU, Jean Baptist de.

Isole della Sonda anticamente Sindae dei propri Rè.
Florence: Aniello Lamberti, 1779. Original colour. Sheet size 115 x 70mm.

£250

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A rare miniature map of Borneo and Sumatra engraved by Lamberti for the 'Minchiate', the Florentine version of the Tarot, which had each card marked with an arcane symbol. The full set was published in Augusto Da Rabatta and Jean Baptiste De Baillou's pocket atlas 'Nuovo Atlante Generale'. Information on the map is minimal, but an extensive key gives the names of the various regions.

Additional information

Dimensions70 × 115 mm
Cartographer

Date

1779

Extra Info

Isole della Sonda anticamente Sindae dei propri Rè.

Publication

Florence: Aniello Lamberti, 1779. Original colour. Sheet size 115 x 70mm.

Condition

A good example.

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