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C1765
Golfe Arabique ou Mer Rouge.
First edition of this fine large French sea chart of the Red Sea, by Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville 1691-1782 the leading C18th French cartographer. Inset maps: Suakem, Matzua et Arkiko, Al Babo (ou la Porte) et ses environs and Port de … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Golfe Arabique ou Mer Rouge.
Date:
C1765
Condition:
Small repaired tear at centrefold, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving on two sheets.
Image Size:
485mm
x 670mm
Paper Size:
560mm
x 780mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1765
Description:
First edition of this fine large French sea chart of the Red Sea, by Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville 1691-1782 the leading C18th French cartographer. Inset maps: Suakem, Matzua et Arkiko, Al Babo (ou la Porte) et ses environs and Port de Giddah. He published of over 200 individual maps, as well as several atlases.
From D’Anville, [Atlas General]
Collections:
Bibliothèque nationale de France: ark:/12148/btv1b53027557b
National Library Australia: Bib ID 3700641 (later edition)
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.
