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C1766
Hemisphere Oriental.
Superb French map of the Eastern Hemisphere, surrounded by an engraved Rocco frame, festooned with putti, cartographical instruments and globes. The elaborate border was only added to the deluxe edition of Brion’s atlas. On either side of the map are … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Hemisphere Oriental.
Date:
C1766
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
380mm
x 555mm
Paper Size:
666mm
x 490mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1766
Description:
Superb French map of the Eastern Hemisphere, surrounded by an engraved Rocco frame, festooned with putti, cartographical instruments and globes. The elaborate border was only added to the deluxe edition of Brion’s atlas.
On either side of the map are pasted sheets of information pertaining to the map. Australia is shown according to The French School of Cartography, with a imaginary east coast joining Van Diemens Land, the Solomon’s and New Guinea.
From Brion de la Tour, L. General, Civil and Ecclesiastical Atlas .
Louis Brion De La Tour (1756 - 1803)
Louis Brion de la Tour (1756-1803) was a French cartographer and geographer active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was a member of the French Academy of Sciences and produced a number of important maps and atlases, many of which were used in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is considered one of the most important French cartographers of his time.
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Louis Charles Desnos (1725 - 1805)
Desnos was both a globe maker and publisher of maps, appointed globe maker to the King of Denmark but spent most of his life working in Paris.
