1757 Robert De Vaugondy Large Antique Map The County of Hainaut Belgium & France Ornithology This fine original copper-plate engraved

This fine original copper-plate engraved antique map of Southern Senegal in West Africa including what is today part of the Saloum National Park in the Saloum Delta by Jacques Nicolas Bellin was published in 1757 in Antoine François Prevosts 15 volumes of Histoire Generale des Voyages written by Prevost & other authors between 1746-1790

The account which has come down to us from Vasari (as usual keen to assert that everything flows from Florence) is that Mantegna began engraving in Rome

100 BC – c

between the troops of Phillip V and the Archduke Charles

This original copper-plate engraved antique prints of ancient Greek

1757 Robert De Vaugondy Large Antique Map The County of Hainaut Belgium & France Ornithology This fine original copper-plate engravedTitle : Comte De Hainaut et de Cambres. Par Le Sr. Robert Size: 23in x 19 1 2in (585mm x 495mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1757 Ref #: 41564 Description: This large magnificent hand coloured original copper plate engraved antique map of the Hainaut region of Belgium centering on the city of Mons by Robert De Vaugondy was published in the 1757 edition of De Vaugondys famous The Atlas Universel General Definitions: Paper thickness and