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SANSON, Nicolas (1600 Abbeville - 1667 Paris)
Map of the Duchy of Westphalia
Colored copper engraving.
Plate: 44 x 57 cm. Framed & behind glass: 62.5 x 75 cm.
Detailed map of the Duchy of Westphalia, with title-cartouche "Le Duché De Westphalie ainsi qu'il est presentement possedé par L'Eslecteur De Cologne. Tiré des Memoires les pl. recents Par le Sr. Sanson, Geographe Ordinaire du Roy [...] 1692"; later published under Alexis Hubert Jaillot (1632 - 1712) in collaboration with Guillaume and Adrien Sanson. Stickspotted, corner upper left more damaged.
French cartographer; considered the father of geography in France and was appointed royal mapmaker - he taught geography to the French kings Louis XIII and Louis XIV.
Limit 20 €
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Hammer price 40.00 €
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