East Africa Abyssinia Nile Source Somalia Ethiopia Red Sea 1719 Mallet map October2017 In the Eighty Third Year

In the Eighty Third Year of Her Age

Closed size 8 7/8" H x 5" W

Francis with a View of St

The double page centerfold has 15 vignettes of the: "Brooklyn Fair In Aid of the Sanitary Commission"

Early 20th century lithographed city plan on sturdy bond paper

East Africa Abyssinia Nile Source Somalia Ethiopia Red Sea 1719 Mallet map October2017 In the Eighty Third YearEmpire des Abissins Comme Ie Est Pre Sentement. (Old Prints, Mallet Prints, Africa, East Africa, Abyssinia, Red Sea, Somalia, Ethiopia, Nubia, Egypt). Issued 1719, Frankfurt, for A. M. Mallet. Charming 18th century copper engraved map with lovely hand color. Shows the apocryphal source of the Nile. The image has a near folk art feel, a style unique to this historical era. Utterly unlike anything produced today and of modern aesthetic appeal for this