Africa.-

A Collection of maps, including: Bussemacher (Johann) Aphrica, copper engraved map, from Quad’s ‘Geographisch Handtbuch’, hand coloured, decorative title cartouche, central vertical fold, German text on verso, slight browning, 280 x 345mm, [Cologne, c.1600]; Mercator (Gerard) Abissino Rumsive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperiu., copper engraved map, inset map of the Congo, title cartouche, central vertical fold, Latin text on verso, slight staining, 450 x 520mm, Amsterdam, 1638; Coronelli (Vincenzo Maria) Cafri Etiopico, copper engraved globe gore, from Coronelli’s ‘Atlante Veneto’, engraved vignette, 520 x 355mm, 1696; Fer (Nicolas de) L’Afrique Dressee Selon les dernieres Relat et Suivant les Nouvelles découvertes, copper engraved map, a reduced derivative of de Fer’s wall map of Africa, outlined in colour, decorative title cartouche featuring lime kilns, dedication to the Dauphin, 290 x 410mm, Paris, 1700; Partie Meridionale D’Afrique ou se trouvent La Basse Guinee, la Cafrerie, le Monomotapa, le Monoemugi, le Zanguebar et L’Isle de Madagascar, copper engraved map, from de Fer’s ‘L'Atlas Curieux ou le Monde Represente’, outlined in colour, decorative title cartouche, 270 x 375mm, Paris, 1705; and 17 others (22)