LE PARAGUAY.

Attractive map of Paraguay, including River Plate, part of Argentine and the whole of modern day Uruguay. Title cartouche at top right. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries to France. This map was published in Bion’s treatise on the use of globes. Nicolas Bion was a famous French mathematical and scientific instrument maker.

Fine condition.