Antique Map, Nouveau Plan De Ville De Rome
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Title: Nouveau plan de ville de Rome tire par ordre du Pape par Matteo Gregoria de Romans tres utille pour les voiageurs Description:A fine bird's-eye view of Rome with inset views of churches and papal palaces. An index identifies over 300 places of note. As the title implies, this map was intended as a tourist guide.Publication: Atlas Historique, ou nouvelle introduction a l'histoire, a la chronologie & a la geographie ancienne & moderne. A Amersterdam, chez L'Hoinore & C...hatelain Libraires. Author: Chatelain. H, . Vol. 1, publ. 1721Cartographer: Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 - 1743) was a Huguenot pastor of Parisian origins. He lived consecutively in Paris, St. Martins, London (c. 1710), The Hague (c. 1721) and Amsterdam (c. 1728). He is best known as a Dutch cartographer and more specifically for his cartographic contribution in the seminal seven volume Atlas Historique, published in Amsterdam between 1705 and 1720. Innovative for its time, the Atlas Historique combined fine engraving and artwork with scholarly studies of geography, history, ethnology, heraldry, and cosmography. Some scholarship suggests that the Atlas Historique was not exclusively compiled by Henri Chatelain, as is commonly believed, but rather was a family enterprise involving Henri, his father Zacharie (d.1723) and his brother, also Zacharie (1690 – 1754). They worked as a partnership publishing the Atlas under several different Chatelain imprints, depending on the Chatelain family partnerships at the time of publication. The atlas was published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720, with a second edition appearing in 1732. The maps were accompanied by information pertaining to cosmography, geography, history, chronology, genealogy, topography, heraldry, and costume of the world. The images incorporated into the plates and tables were drawn from the best available contemporary sources, including the works of Dapper, Chardin, de Bruyn and Le Hay. Many of the maps are based on the work of Guillaume de l'Lisle. Condition: Very good. The sheet is evenly aged toned, commensurate with its age. Folds as issued. Blank verso. If there are minor tears they have been mended with archival tissue. The attached photo is part of the item description, please examine carefully. Color: UncolouredSize (h x w): 44.0 x 52.5 cm. (Sheet)Technique: copper-plate engraving.Ref: JJB2357
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