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C1787
Carte d’Afrique dressée pour l’usage du Roy…..
Large scale c.18th map of Africa first issued by De L’Isle in 1722 and here updated by Dezauche. The map id divided into kingdoms and tribes with an elaborate title cartouche at top left and oval shaped advertisement at lower … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Carte d’Afrique dressée pour l’usage du Roy…..
Date:
C1787
Condition:
Repaired worm holes on either side of centre fold at lower map edge, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
622mm
x 480mm
Paper Size:
715mm
x 543mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1787
Description:
Large scale c.18th map of Africa first issued by De L’Isle in 1722 and here updated by Dezauche. The map id divided into kingdoms and tribes with an elaborate title cartouche at top left and oval shaped advertisement at lower right. Embellished with a Rococo title cartouche at upper left and an ornate advertisement at lower left. Dezauche was Buache’s son-in-law, and the successor to the Delisle business.
References:
Norwich, O. Norwich's Maps of Africa. Vermont 1997: 78.
Collections:
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: ark:/12148/cb406742145
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 4764.088 (1731)
Norwich, O. Norwich's Maps of Africa. Vermont 1997: 78.
Collections:
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: ark:/12148/cb406742145
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 4764.088 (1731)
Guillaume de L'Isle (1675 - 1726)
L'Isle was the leading French cartographer of the C18th and renowned for the accuracy of his maps. He studied under Jean Cassini and from an early age showed his talent. At the age of 27 Delisle was admitted to the Academie Royale des Sciences and by 1718 he had been made the Royal Geographer. His maps reflect his scientific approach to map making by including the most up to date cartographic information as well as the use of new astronomical information. Where he was unable to verify information conclusively, he would note the fact on his maps.
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Jean Claude Dezauche (1745 - 1824)
Dezauche was an engraver and publisher who had acquired the stock of a number important French mapmakers. Delisle’s business was inherited by his son-in-law Philippe Buache, on his death, his widow sold his work to Jean Nicholas Buache de la Neuville, and then in 1780 Dezauche bought it from him together with work by Delisle, Jaillot and others.
