Two 18th-Century Maps of Southeast Asia

To include:

Rigobert Bonne's La Presqu'Isle De L'Inde Au Delà du Gange, avec L'Archipel Des Indes. Partie Occidentale., a detailed engraved map, ca. late 1780s; presented framed. (Plate size 14 1/8 in. x 9 7/8 in.; Frame dimensions 15 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.)

Jacques Nicolas Bellin's Carte de L Inde au-delà du Gange comprenant les Royaumes de Siam, de Tunquin, Pegu, Ava, Aracan, &c. &c., engraved map, ca. mid-18th century, with title cartouche in lower left corner; presented framed. (Sight size 10 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.; Frame dimensions 13 1/8 x 13 1/8 in.)

Collection of Mr. John Sylvester, Jr.

Both important French cartographers, Bonne succeeded Bellin as Royal Hydrographer at France's Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine.

Both with toning and light scattered foxing; Bonne's map with central horizontal fold line, as issued; Bellin's map with horizontal and vertical fold lines, some spotting, two small corner repairs, and a couple areas of browning to thin mat surround; light wear to frames including chipping; not examined outside the frames.