Dissected maps of the four continents

Item author: John Spilsbury
Item date: 1766-7
Grant Value: 5,000
Item cost: 22,000
Item date acquired: 2000
Item institution: British Library
Town/City: London

Probably the only set to survive in the form as issued, in original matching oak boxes; includes the first published jigsaw; they were designed to be geographical teaching aids. Illustrated on p20 of AR