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C1806
Partie de L’Empire Francais Royaumes de Hollande, de Westphalie Grand Duche de Berg.
Mapmaker:
Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraving of Hollande and the low countries by Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766) one of the leading exponents of the French School of Theoretical Cartography like Nicholas Bellin who popularised the notion of an imaginary east … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Partie de L’Empire Francais Royaumes de Hollande, de Westphalie Grand Duche de Berg.
Date:
C1806
Mapmaker:
Condition:
Wear to lower centrefold, faint manuscript on right hand side margin, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
270mm
x 250mm
Paper Size:
455mm
x 306mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1806
Description:
Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraving of Hollande and the low countries by Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766) one of the leading exponents of the French School of Theoretical Cartography like Nicholas Bellin who popularised the notion of an imaginary east coast of Australia. Highly respected Royal cartographer.
From Vaugondy’s, Nouvel Atlas Portatif.
References:
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 : 3528.
Shirley, R. Maps in the Atlases of The British Library. London 2004 : T.ROBV-2a (Anm.).
Pedley, Mary S. Bel et Utile. The Work of the Robert De Vaugondy Family of Mapmakers 1992 England 231.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 188985
Smithsonian Institution: 3528
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: 2148/btv1b550137444
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.
