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Johann George Schreiber (Leipzig) Map Of The African Continent c1749
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Lot Details
hand coloured, for his Atlas Selectus (first published 1740), title cartouche lower left with figures and wild animals, fanciful geographic features, especially sources of the Nile and tribal boundaries. The Atlas Selectus was Schreiber's only cartographic work. Framed, 17.5 cm by 25.
