
Robert de Vaugondy’s Map of Spain & Portugal, Showing Roads
SKU: 9502
£200.00
Title:
Robert de Vaugondy’s Map of Spain & Portugal, Showing Roads
Date of publication:
c.1770
Printed Measurement:
49.5 x 58.5 cm
Colour:
original
Mapmaker(s):
Carte des Royaumes d’Espagne et de Portugal dans laquelle sont tracées les routes de postes
This is ]a later state of Robert de Vaugondy’s road map of the Iberian peninsula. The original date (1757) and privilege (a sort of early forerunner of copyright) have been burnished from the plate.
Condition & Materials
Copper engraving, 49.5 x 58.5 cm, original hand colour in outline, blank verso.
References
Pedley, Bel et Utile: the Work of the Robert de Vaugondy Family of Mapmakers, 303.