World, double-hemisphere wall map by M.A. Moithey. 1785
Moithey Maurille-Antoine (1732-c. 1812)
'Ingénieur géographe du Roi', French mathematician, cartographer, globemaker, and bookseller active in Paris.
Le Globe Terreste Divisé en ses deux Hémisphères Oriental et Occidental,
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Category: Antique maps > World and Polar
Folding double-hemisphere wall map, by Maurille-Antoine Moithey. RARE.
With numerous tracks of explorers' routes, astronomical diagrams, and depictions of a globe and armillary sphere in corners.
Title: Le Globe Terreste Divisé en ses deux Hémisphères Oriental et Occidental,
Assujetti aux nouvelles découvertes du XVIIIe Siècle.
Dédié à Son Altesse Sérénissime Monseigneur le Prince de Conty, Prince du Sang.
Par le Sr Moithey, Professeur de Mathématiques de MM. les Pages de MM. AA. SS. 1785.
Date of the first edition: 1785.
Date of this map: 1785.
Date on map: 1785.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 720 x 104mm (28.35 x 4.09 inches).
Condition: Dissected and laid on canvas, edges covered with canvas, original coloured, age-toned, pale stains in corners and along the edges. Overall good.
Condition Rating: A
Separate publication.
Moithey Maurille-Antoine (1732-c. 1812)
'Ingénieur géographe du Roi', French mathematician, cartographer, globemaker, and bookseller active in Paris.
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