unbound
1827 · Brussels
by VANDERMAELEN, Phillippe Marie
Brussels: Vandermaelen, Phillipe Marie, 1827. unbound. very good. Map. Large format lithograph of East Africa with original hand coloring. Image measures 18.5" x 22.25". Includes Kenya, Mombasa, Tanzania and Lamme (Lamu). Double page with centerfold. From Vandermaelen's 6 volume "Atlas universel de geographie physique, politique, statistique et mineralogique, sur l'echelle de 1/16411836". Can be combined as gores to form an immense globe. The atlas was the first to map the world on a uniform scale. (Inventory #: 202229)