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C1770
Carte de L’Egypte Ancienne et Moderne Dressee sur Celle du R.P. Sicard et Autres ….
Mapmaker:
Superbly embellished large scale map of Egypt. The map extends from Aswan to the mouth of the Nile and includes Arabia. From Vaugondy’s Atlas Universel Drese Sur Les Meilleures Cartes Moderne, Venice.
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Full Title:
Carte de L’Egypte Ancienne et Moderne Dressee sur Celle du R.P. Sicard et Autres ….
Date:
C1770
Mapmaker:
Engraver:
Francois Santini
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
470mm
x 665mm
Paper Size:
510mm
x 830mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1770
Description:
Superbly embellished large scale map of Egypt. The map extends from Aswan to the mouth of the Nile and includes Arabia.
From Vaugondy’s Atlas Universel Drese Sur Les Meilleures Cartes Moderne, Venice.
Collections:
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 3353.097
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: Identifier : ark:/12148/btv1b8595178n
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 3353.097
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: Identifier : ark:/12148/btv1b8595178n
Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688 - 1766)
Vaugondy inherited the firm of his uncle, Pierre Moullart-Sanson, in 1730. He quickly increased the business when he purchased the stock one of the leading French cartographers, Hubert Jaillot. He astutely combined his own additions to the maps he had purchased, bringing them up to date without the expense of creating new maps and engraving plates. Fittingly as a leading Parisian mapmaker of his day he was made Geographer to the King in 1730. Vaugondy was also one of the leading exponents of the French School of Theoretical Cartography and like Nicholas Bellin popularised the notion of an imaginary east coast of Australia.
