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C1788
Tartarie Independante.
Mapmaker:
Detailed French map of Asia extending from Tibet to Siberia and from the Caspian Sea to western China. Rigorbet Bonne was celebrated French mapmaker born in the village of Raucourt in the Ardennes and died in Paris in 1794. This … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Tartarie Independante.
Date:
C1788
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
365mm
x 250mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1788
Description:
Detailed French map of Asia extending from Tibet to Siberia and from the Caspian Sea to western China.
Rigorbet Bonne was celebrated French mapmaker born in the village of Raucourt in the Ardennes and died in Paris in 1794. This map is from his Atlas Encyclopedique.
Rigorbet Bonne (1727 - 1794)
Bonne was an important French cartographer active in the later part of the C18th. In 1773 Bonne succeeded Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Working in his official capacity, Bonne compiled some of the most detailed and accurate maps of the period. Bonne’s work represents an important step in the evolution of the cartographic ideology away from the decorative work of the 17th and early 18th century towards a more detail oriented and practical aesthetic.
