Oceania Australia New Zealand Polynesia Indonesia 1848 Lapie large folio map Hughsonville Frontis portraits protected by original

Frontis portraits protected by original tissue guards

Profusion of period advertising

couple archival tape repairs along linen edges on reverse

Canarischen

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Oceania Australia New Zealand Polynesia Indonesia 1848 Lapie large folio map Hughsonville Frontis portraits protected by originalCarte de L'Oceanie, Contenant L'Australie, La Polynesie, et les Isles Asiatiques. (Oceania, Pacific Ocean, Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii). Issued 1842, Paris by Lapie. Engraved by Tardieu. Finely engraved large oversize early 19th century map with original outline hand color. French text. Nice looking example, sheet toned with pleasing age patina, blank margins with age spotting, faint