18th-century-herman-moll-world-map
Lot 433
18th century Herman Moll World Map
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
"A New and Correct Map of the Whole World," London, 1719, hand colored outlines and title cartouche, the latter depicting an Ottoman Turk, two American Indians and an English musketeer. The map proper shows the known world at the time with California being an island and Australia having no eastern border. Sheet size 29 x 48.75 in. Presented in a burlwood veneer frame with ebonized edging.

DOA 39.25 x 59 in.

Substantial archival tape repairs and splits along the folds; some minor edge chipping; sun damage in the form of browning; the whole laid down on paper backing.

$800 - 1,200