DESNOS, Louis-Charles (1725-1805)
L'Asie divisée selon l'Atendue de ses principales parties. Paris: 1772.
Large engraved map printed on 4 joined sheets with title and decorative borders mounted in six sections, the whole laid down on modern linen and attached to two antique battens with later gilding. The map with contemporary hand colouring in outline, the borders fully coloured by a contemporary hand and with 22 decorative scenes of different Asian countries with short explanatory text to each, the scenes separated from one another by figures in Asian costumes, 1020 x 1245mm. (sheet), 1095 x 1425mm. (to battens)
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