Uncommon world map with superb rococo borders

ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, Gilles.

Mappe Monde ou Description du Globe Terrestre...
Paris, 1743. Original outline colour. 470 x 740mm.

Minor repairs to binding folds.

An example of the first issue of this uncommon world map, engraved by le Tellier with all the borders filled with rococo decoration, including allegorical figures of the Four Continents around the title. Robert's usual atlas map was smaller and only had engraving in the two cusps.


Stock ID : 20124