Africa Continent Morocco Cape Colony Guinea Sudan 1842 Lapie large folio map Colorado 56 b&w plates

56 b&w plates

Issued 1899-1901

light scattered soiling and staining

short closed tear at left edge which extends slightly inside the distance graticule to the ocean area

Africa Continent Morocco Cape Colony Guinea Sudan 1842 Lapie large folio map Colorado 56 b&w platesCarte D'Afrique. (Africa, Morocco, Algeria, Tripoli, Egypt, Sahara, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sudan, Cape Colony, Mozambique, Madagascar, Abyssinia, Nubia). Issued 1842, Paris by Lapie. Finely engraved large oversize mid 19th century map with original outline hand color. French text. The apocryphal chain Mts. of the Moon is seen cutting across the entire middle of the interior. Nice looking example, pleasing age patina with a uniform gentle age toning,