HONGRIE BY JACQUES BENIGNE BOSSUET PUBLISHED BY ETIENNE ROGER AMSTERDAM 1722 THIS COPPER ENGRAVED MAP IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH A CLEAR IMPRESSION AND HAND COLOUR. THERE ARE TWO FEINT FOLD CREASES AS PUBLISHED AND THREE SMALL REPAIRED WORM HOLES TO THE LOWER MARGIN THE MAP MEASURES APPROX 18.2 x 14.3 cms INCLUDING MARGINS. JACQUES-BÉNIGNE BOSSUET (1627-1704) WAS A RENOWNED FRENCH BISHOP, HISTORIAN AND THEOLOGIAN WHO TUTORED LOUIS XIV. HE PUBLISHED A POPULAR HISTORY "L'HISTOIRE UNIVERSELLE" THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN MANY EDITIONS AFTER HIS DEATH. THE INCUDED MAPS WERE PRODUCED AFTER NICOLAS SANSON'S 17th CENTURY MAPS THIS IS A GENUINE ANTIQUE MAP OVER 300 YEARS OLD.
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