RARE !!! 1787 HAND COLOURED J. WALLIS MAP OF THE WORLD, 69 PIECE "DISSECTED" EARLY JIGSAW PUZZLE

RARE, VERY RARE 1787 JIGSAW MAP OF THE WORLD

SHIPPING AND HANDLING R65.00

WHAT A GREAT FIND !!!! VERY, VERY RARE HAND COLOURED ENGRAVED MAP OF THE WORLD PUBLISHED BY J.WALLIS, LUDGATE STREET, LONDON  1787. THIS VERY OLD AND INTERESTING "DISSECTED" MAP PUZZLE WAS MOUNTED ONTO WOOD THEN HAND CUT INTO INTERLOCKING PIECES. YOU WILL NOTICE ONLY THE OUTER SECTIONS WERE CUT WITH FINER DETAIL DUE TO INTENSIVE LABOUR, THE REST OF THE PIECES WERE CUT IN LARGER "CURVES".... "JIG SAW" PUZZLES CAME AFTER THESE, IT HAS 69 PIECES ALL PRESENT WHICH IS AMAZING AND IS PRESENTED IN THE ORIGINAL WOODEN BOX WITH A SLIDING LID, THERE IS SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE BOX. THERE ARE HAND WRITTEN NOTES PENNED TO THE INSIDE AND ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THIS BOX CONFIRMING DATES. THE AUCTION HOUSE FROM WHERE I PURCHASED THIS TREASURE COULD NOT FIND ANOTHER LIKE IT ON THE INTERNET, AFTER MUCH SEARCHING I FOUND ONE, DETAILS BELOW TAKEN OFF THE INTERNET, SOLD WITHOUT A BOX........