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C1757
Turquie Europeenne par Le Sr. Robert Geographe ordinaire du Roy. Avec Privilege 1755
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Detailed, large c.18th hand coloured engraved map of Greece and the Balkans Robert Vaugondy (1688-1766), with an elaborate title cartouche at lower left, which includes a portrait of Mehmed IV the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687. … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Turquie Europeenne par Le Sr. Robert Geographe ordinaire du Roy. Avec Privilege 1755
Date:
C1757
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
450mm
x 475mm
Paper Size:
687mm
x 515mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1757
Description:
Detailed, large c.18th hand coloured engraved map of Greece and the Balkans Robert Vaugondy (1688-1766), with an elaborate title cartouche at lower left, which includes a portrait of Mehmed IV the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687.
Although with a date on the map, of 1755 it was published in the 1757 edition of, Vaugondy’s, Atlas Universel.
From: Vaugondy, R., Atlas Universel.
References:
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 :: 619.
Sabin, J. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. New York. (1936) 1967 :: 71863.
Mickwitz & Miekkavaara, The A.E. Nordenskiold Collection of Maps up to 1800 Helsinki 1979-1995 :: 245.
Pedley, Mary S. Bel et Utile. The Work of the Robert De Vaugondy Family of Mapmakers 1992 England:.
Collections:
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 3353B
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 2588225
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1046728
National Archives Kew: Reference: SP 112/117
State Library New South Wales: Record Identifier 74VKMJ8zOAa3
State Library Victoria: RARESEF 912 R54 (1793 edition)
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 :: 619.
Sabin, J. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. New York. (1936) 1967 :: 71863.
Mickwitz & Miekkavaara, The A.E. Nordenskiold Collection of Maps up to 1800 Helsinki 1979-1995 :: 245.
Pedley, Mary S. Bel et Utile. The Work of the Robert De Vaugondy Family of Mapmakers 1992 England:.
Collections:
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 3353B
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 2588225
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1046728
National Archives Kew: Reference: SP 112/117
State Library New South Wales: Record Identifier 74VKMJ8zOAa3
State Library Victoria: RARESEF 912 R54 (1793 edition)
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.
