CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria A pair of maps. Venice... Lot 600

CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria A pair of maps. [Venice s.n. 1690] Copper engravings, 45 x 60,5 cm (central foldings). Duo of maps showing the Cape Verde and Abissiny, extracted from Coronelli's "Atlante Veneto" which he intended as a continuation of Blaeu's "Atlas Maior": 1. Abissinia, dove sono le fonti del Nilo. With inset map of the course of the Nile. - 2. Bocche del fiume negro et Isole di Capo Verde. With inset map of the Island of Gorée, the largest slave-trading center on the African coast.