Cape of Good Hope
DE LA ROCHETTE, Louis Stanislas d'Arcy.
Das Vorgebirg der Guten Hofnung...
Vienna, F.A. Schræmbl, 1789. Coloured. 520 x 355mm.
Centre fold crease, very wide margins.
An Austrian version of De La Rochette's important map, first published by Faden in 1782. It marks the homesteads of many of the early Dutch settlers, the native kraals and the trails between the towns, and has a decorative title cartouche showing mounted Europeans hunting elephants with lances.
See TOOLEY: Africa p.40, plate 30 & NORWICH: 225 for the first issue.
Stock ID : 7587
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Cape of Good Hope
DE LA ROCHETTE, Louis Stanislas d'Arcy.
Das Vorgebirg der Guten Hofnung...
Vienna, F.A. Schræmbl, 1789. Coloured. 520 x 355mm.
Centre fold crease, very wide margins.
An Austrian version of De La Rochette's important map, first published by Faden in 1782. It marks the homesteads of many of the early Dutch settlers, the native kraals and the trails between the towns, and has a decorative title cartouche showing mounted Europeans hunting elephants with lances.
See TOOLEY: Africa p.40, plate 30 & NORWICH: 225 for the first issue.
Stock ID : 7587
SOLD
To see similar items click here