Rare wall map of Africa in fine original colour

A superb wall map of Africa, drawn up by Philip Tideman, with inset prospects of Minae, Cairo, Tangiers, Algiers and Tunis under the map. The title is on a banner held aloft by putti with garlands of fruit; a second title is surrounded by allegorical figures representing Africa, the Nile and Mercury. Hidden among them are the signatures of Philip Tideman as artist, Willem van der Gouwen as engraver and Schenk as publisher. All wall maps of this period are scarce: the unfaded state of the fine original colour makes this example exceptional.