ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, Didier (1723-1786)
Mappemonde ou Description du Globe Terrestre, dressee sur les mmoires les plus nouveaux, et assujettic aux observations astronomiques. Paris, 1752.Hand-colored engraved double-hemisphere world map, image 467 x 706 mm (513 x 755 mm sheet). Elaborate decorative cartouches engraved by Charles Nicolas Cochin the Younger. (A few minor marginal nicks or tears neatly repaired, vertical folds.) Vaugondy's map includes a projection of Australia, and shows the route of the voyages of Anson across the Pacific (1740-1743) and Bouvet de Lozier in the Antarctic (1738-1739).
Property from the Estate of Jean R. Cleland, Wilmette, Illinois
