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              SANSON,  Nicholas(1600 Abbeville - 1667 Paris) 
Map of the Upper Saxon Imperial District
Colored copperplate engraving. Dated in the plate:1708. 
Sheet: 55 x 74.6 cm. 
 Detailed historical map of the Upper Saxon Imperial District, with figural title cartouche "Le Cercle de Haute Saxe ou sont compris Le Duché et Esclectorat de Saxe [...]", accompanying cartouche with mileage pointers.  Buckle, sheet grip and crease, marginal area partly cracked, some foxing. 
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 120 €
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