Lot 228: WALL-MAPS, WORLD AND CONTINENTS--CLOUET, JEAN BAPTISTE LOUIS, ABBÉ.

SET OF FIVE WALL-MAPS. .PARIS: LOUIS MONDHARE, 1788-1793., 5 LARGE ENGRAVED WALL-MAPS EACH ON 4 SHEETS, EACH MAP WHEN JOINED APPROX. 960 X 1230MM., HAND COLOURED, JOINED AND BACKED ON MODERN LINEN, . FRAMED AND GLAZED.

The set comprises:

Carte generale de la terre ou mappe monde avec les quatres principaux systemes [repeated in Spanish]. Paris: Mondhare, 1788, 20 border vignettes showing Biblical scenes with descriptive text in French and Spanish, smaller hemispheres including an armillary sphere, astronomical diagrams and an allegory of Atlas,

Carte d'Amerique divisee en ses principaux pays. Paris: Mondhare, 1788, 30 border vignettes depicting events in the history of the French, Spanish and English in the New World

Carte d'Afrique divisee en ses principaux Etats... Paris: Mondhare, 1787

Carte d'Europe divisee en ses empires et royaumes. Paris: Mondhare, 1788

Carte d'Asie divisee en ses principaux etats. Paris: Mondhare, 1787