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C1786
L’Asie
Mapmaker:
Fine c.18th French map of Asia by Louis de la Brion with an elaborated title cartouche and ornate frame border. The map extends from Arabia to New Guinea. From Desnos, Atlas General, Civil, Ecclesiatique et Militaire…., Paris.
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Full Title:
L’Asie
Date:
C1786
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
315mm
x 290mm
Paper Size:
398mm
x 288mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1786
Description:
Fine c.18th French map of Asia by Louis de la Brion with an elaborated title cartouche and ornate frame border. The map extends from Arabia to New Guinea.
From Desnos, Atlas General, Civil, Ecclesiatique et Militaire…., Paris.
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.
