Malte-Brun Manuscript & publisher's Map of Australia
MALTE-BRUN, Victor Adolphe (1816-1889).
Manuscript Map and engraved publisher's proof: "Colonie Anglaise de Victoria ou Australia Felix..." Novuelle Annales des Voyages Series VI, November 1856.
Two Maps, One Manuscript in black and red ink, with blue and brown color washes, AND One publisher's proof corrected in red ink by the artist.
Paris, 1856.
9" x 11" sheet & 10" x 13 5/8" sheet.
The Best Manuscript Map of Victoria , Australia, that we have ever seen come on the market
An important original manuscript map by the leading French cartographer of the 19th century, with accompanying engraved proof with corrections, in minute detail showing the Australian state of Victoria with an inset of the entire continent in the top right-hand corner.
Published for inclusion in Malte-Brun's successful journal "Nouvelles Annales des Voyages, de la Geographie et de l'Histoire, ou Recueil des Relations originales inedites, communiquees par des voyageurs Francais et Etrangers; des Voyages nouveaux traduits de toutes les langues Europennes..." Paris: Gide Fils, 1819-1870.
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MALTE-BRUN, Victor Adolphe (1816-1889).
Manuscript Map and engraved publisher's proof: "Colonie Anglaise de Victoria ou Australia Felix..." Novuelle Annales des Voyages Series VI, November 1856.
Two Maps, One Manuscript in black and red ink, with blue and brown color washes, AND One publisher's proof corrected in red ink by the artist.
Paris, 1856.
9" x 11" sheet & 10" x 13 5/8" sheet.
The Best Manuscript Map of Victoria , Australia, that we have ever seen come on the market
An important original manuscript map by the leading French cartographer of the 19th century, with accompanying engraved proof with corrections, in minute detail showing the Australian state of Victoria with an inset of the entire continent in the top right-hand corner.
Published for inclusion in Malte-Brun's successful journal "Nouvelles Annales des Voyages, de la Geographie et de l'Histoire, ou Recueil des Relations originales inedites, communiquees par des voyageurs Francais et Etrangers; des Voyages nouveaux traduits de toutes les langues Europennes..." Paris: Gide Fils, 1819-1870.
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