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as Preparation to Ancient and Modern Geography
Closed size 8 7/8" H x 5" W
In the Eighty Third Year of Her Age
Ornate compass rose at center orienting north towards top left corner
Nice clean example
East Africa Abyssinia Nile Source Somalia Ethiopia Red Sea 1719 Mallet map October2017 as Preparation to Ancient andEmpire des Abissins Comme Ie Est Pre Sentement. (Old Prints, Mallet Prints, Africa, East Africa, Abyssinia, Red Sea, Somalia, Ethiopia, Nubia, Egypt). Issued 1719, Frankfurt, for A. M. Mallet. Charming 18th century copper engraved map with lovely hand color. Shows the apocryphal source of the Nile. The image has a near folk art feel, a style unique to this historical era. Utterly unlike anything produced today and of modern aesthetic appeal for this
