An 18th century playing-card map of Indonesia

RABATTA, Augusto & BAILOU, Jean Baptist de.

Isole Molucche degli Olandesi Isola Celebes la maggiore delle Molucche contiene gli appreso regni.
Florence: Aniello Lamberti, 1779. Original colour. Sheet size 115 x 70mm.

A rare miniature map of Indonesia 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.


Stock ID : 13008