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C1748
Amerique Meridionale Publiee sous les Auspices de Monsegneur le duc D’Orleans Premier Prince du Sang
First edition of this striking very large wall sized c.18th chart of South America on three sheets by Jean D’Anville with an elaborate title cartouche at right. This was one of the most accurate and up to date maps of … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Amerique Meridionale Publiee sous les Auspices de Monsegneur le duc D’Orleans Premier Prince du Sang
Date:
C1748
Condition:
In good condition, three sheets joined.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
770mm
x 1235mm
Paper Size:
795mm
x 1395mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1748
Description:
First edition of this striking very large wall sized c.18th chart of South America on three sheets by Jean D’Anville with an elaborate title cartouche at right. This was one of the most accurate and up to date maps of South America when it was published.
From D’Anville, [Atlas General]
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 3701921
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: ark: / 12148 / btv1b53052625s
:
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 2603.017
National Library Australia: Bib ID 3701921
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: ark: / 12148 / btv1b53052625s
:
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 2603.017
Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697 - 1782)
D'Anville was a French cartographer of great repute. Following the death of De Lisle, D'Anville continued the line of progressive French cartographers which had begun with Nicolas Sanson in the previous century. A child prodigy, he is said to have designed his first map at the age of fifteen and in his long distinguished career he produced a large number of elegantly engraved maps, noted for their scholarship and accuracy. Having exacting standards soon brought him international recognition as the finest cartographer of his time.
