Carte Generale Du Duche De Brabant (11 separate maps) - Antique Map from 1774

C1774

Carte Generale Du Duche De Brabant (11 s…

Mapmaker:

Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688 - 1766)

Eleven separate c.18th French hand coloured engraved maps of Brabant, between both Belgium and The Netherlands by Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766). From: Rovert de Vaugondy, Atlas portatif, universel. Composé d’après les meilleures cartes, tant gravées que manuscrites, des plus célèbres géographes … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Carte Generale Du Duche De Brabant (11 separate maps)

Date:

C1774

Mapmaker:

Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688 - 1766)

Condition:

Some with faint water stain at top left, otherwise generally in good condition.

Technique:

Copper engraving with original hand colouring.

Image Size:

161mm

x 163mm

Paper Size:

250mm

x 213mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1774

Description:

Eleven separate c.18th French hand coloured engraved maps of Brabant, between both Belgium and The Netherlands by Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766).

From: Rovert de Vaugondy, Atlas portatif, universel. Composé d’après les meilleures cartes, tant gravées que manuscrites, des plus célèbres géographes et ingénieurs. Paris

Maps (left to right)

Plate 13a. Titled: ‘1. Carte Du Brabant ou sont les environs de Berg-op-zoom, de Tolen dans la Zelande. et de Villemstrat dans la Hollande.‘ (Image W/H: 193mm x 160mm) (Paper W/H: 265mm x 213mm)

Plate 13b. Titled: ‘II. Carte Du Brabant ou sont les environs de Breda, et de Bosle duc.‘ (Image W/H: 195mm x 161mm) (Paper W/H: 265mm x 213mm)

Plate 13c. Titled: ‘III. Carte Du Brabant ou fetrouvet le Maesland, la Seigneurie de Ravenstein, la Terre de Cuyck &c.‘ (Image W/H: 195mm x 161mm) (Paper W/H: 265mm x 213mm)

Plate 13d. Titled: ‘Carte Du Brabant ou setrouvet la Maririe de Santho ven, Partie du Marqui sat de Berg-op-zoom, et la Terre de Ryen.‘ (Image W/H: 195mm x 161mm) (Paper W/H: 265mm x 213mm)

Plate 13e. Titled: ‘V. Carte Du Brabant ou setrouvet les Mair.s d Herentals, de Turnhout, part.e de celle de Bosleduc et du C.te d’Hochstraten.‘ (Image W/H: 195mm x 160mm) (Paper W/H: 265mm x 213mm)

Plate 13f. Titled: ‘Carte Du Brabant ou fe trouv.t les envir.s d’Eyndhoven dans la Mairie de Bosleduc.‘ (Image W/H: 196mm x 161mm) (Paper W/H: 265mm x 213mm)

Plate 13g. Titled: ‘Carte Du Brabant ou font les environs de Bruxelles, de Malines et Liere.‘ (Image W/H: 195mm x 161mm) (Paper W/H: 265mm x 213mm)

Plate 13h. Titled: ‘Carte Du Brabant ou font les env.s de Louvain, d’Afcot, de Diest de Leeuwe &c.‘ (Image W/H: 214mm x 165mm) (Paper W/H: 265mm x 213mm)

Plate 13i. Titled: ‘Carte Du Brabant ou sont les Maries de Roo, de Nivelle, de Hulpen, et de Geneppe.‘ (Image W/H: 196mm x 167mm) (Paper W/H: 265mm x 213mm)

Plate 13k. Titled: ‘Carte Du Brabant ou sont les environs de Tillemont, de Judoigne, de Tillemont, de Judoige, de Gemlours &c.‘ (Image W/H: 186mm x 161mm) (Paper W/H: 265mm x 213mm)

Plate 13. Titled: ‘Carte Generale Du Duche De Brabant’ (Image: W/H: 160mm x 164mm) (Paper W/H: 250mm x 215mm)

References:
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 :: 608.
Sabin, J. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. New York. (1936) 1967 :: 71867.
Shirley, R. Maps in the Atlases of The British Library. London 2004 :: V-I, pg 142, T.ROBV-2a.

Collections:
Smithsonian Institution: ocm17204883

Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688 - 1766)

Prominent French cartographer and publisher active in Paris, who inherited and extended the intellectual and material legacy of the Sanson family, long regarded as the founders of modern French cartography.

Born in Paris, he became closely associated with the Sanson dynasty through Sanson’s grandson, from whom he acquired a substantial collection of engraved plates, later augmented by those of Pierre Mortier and Alexis-Hubert Jaillot. Drawing upon these foundations, de Vaugondy distinguished himself by revising earlier cartographic models in the light of new scientific knowledge rather than merely reproducing them. He worked in close collaboration with his son, Didier Robert de Vaugondy (1723–1786), an accomplished globemaker who was later appointed Géographe du Roi to Louis XV. Together they formed one of the most influential father-and-son partnerships in eighteenth-century cartography. Their crowning achievement was the Atlas Universel of 1757, a monumental work that integrated the results of recent voyages of exploration, astronomical observations, and contemporary scholarly research, and which set new standards for accuracy and critical evaluation of sources. The Vaugondys placed particular emphasis on precision, grounding their maps in journals, surveys, and scientific data, and thereby differentiating themselves from many of their contemporaries who relied heavily on uncritical copying. Active during the French Enlightenment, their work represents the high point of French mapmaking in the period and played a significant role in shaping European geographical knowledge of the wider world. By the time of his death in Paris in 1766, Gilles Robert de Vaugondy had established a respected and enduring cartographic enterprise, renowned for its detailed and up-to-date representations of global geography. He 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 joined to the Solomon Islands.

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