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[Paris : ca.1760]. A handsome antique map of Iceland, with an attractive rococo cartouche, compiled by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, the French "Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine" and Hydrographer Royal. Originally produced for Prevost's "Histoire Generale des Voyages" (Paris 1746-1770).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 215 x 160mm (approx. 8-1/2" x 6-1/4"). Faint mark towards foot, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£200

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[Paris : 1770]. A handsome eighteenth century map of Iceland, based on the work of the Danish lawyer Niels Horrebow, who was sent to Iceland by the Danish king in 1749-1751 to conduct a general economic and geographic survey. The present French version of his map was originally produced for Prevost's "Histoire Generale des Voyages" (Paris 1746-1770). The striking and boldly engraved image of the island is complemented by a pretty rococo cartouche and a compass rose, while an explanatory panel defines the terms "jokul" and "syssel", etc.
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 305 x 380mm (12" x 14-7/8"). Faint old folds, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£300

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