Name: Antique Map-AFRICA-SOMALIA-DJIBOUTI-YEMEN-ZANZIBAR-MADAGASKAR-Bonne-1787
SKU: ID-RB-1371
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Antique Map-AFRICA-SOMALIA-DJIBOUTI-YEMEN-ZANZIBAR-MADAGASKAR-Bonne-1787

€75.00

‘LE ROYAUME D’ADEL LES COTES D’AJAN ET DE ZANGUEBAR.’

– Original antique map of the current African territories of Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen and the island of Zanzibar.

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SKU: ID-RB-1371 Category: Africa Tag: Maps

Description

Original antique map of the current African territories of Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen and the island of Zanzibar.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Rigobert Bonne.

Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: yes.

Sheet size: 31 x 43 cm (12.2 x 16.93 inch). Image size: 23 x 34.5 cm. (9.06 x 13.58 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Original folds as published. Light foxing. Crinkles in top margin and a few small repaired tears. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

AFRICA-SOMALIA-DJIBOUTI-YEMEN-ZANZIBAR-MADAGASKAR | RB-A9-10

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in France 1787. .

Biography artist: Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) was one of the most important cartographers of the late eighteenth century. In 1773 he succeeded Jacques Bellin as royal cartographer in France. .