77 5169 India Carte de l'Indostan ou de l'Empire Mogol
- Several closed tears; occas. duststained along margins.
= Joined together these 4 maps show the first approximately correct map of India, carrying the title: "Carte de l'Indostan ou de l'Empire Mogol; d'après les observations les plus recentes." The cartographer James Rennell (1742-1830), is regarded as the 'father of Indian cartography' and was one of the founders of the Royal Geographical Society in 1830. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XC.
LOOSELY INSERTED IN: Rennell, J. Receuil de cartes géographiques pour la description de l'Indostan. Paris, Poignée, "an VIII" (1800), (2),39,(1) textp., 10 fold. engr. maps (incl. the 4 maps forming the wallmap) and 1 fold. plan, contemp. boards, 4to.
- Lacks p.7/8 of the index; most margins of maps duststained; title-p. sl. foxed. Binding rubbed and badly soiled.
= The atlas vol. only to J. RENNELL, Description historique et géographique de l'Indostan (Paris, 1800).