| Victor Levasseur | |
| Paris, c.1838
and later editions Afrique Original steel
engraved map |
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A beautiful map of Africa in which the vignettes surrounding the map surpass the map of Africa itself. The left border contains a camel, lions, and a seated African woman. In the background are two warriors. The right border shows a uniformed French officer showing a document to a seated, turbaned African holding a rifle. In the background are other French soldiers and Arabs. Above this scene is an Iman seated on a monument with a descriptive legend. He is holding a tablet with the word Coran (Koran) inscribed on it. The lower border contains inserts of Alexandria, Cairo, and Algiers with animals and designs. This map is from Levasseur's Atlas Universel Illustre, published in Paris by Combette. The engraver of the map is Laguillermie, and the etching of the illustrations is by Raimond Bonheur. Reference: Norwich map #140. Very Fine
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