Le Cercle de la Basse Saxe / Circuli Saxoniae Interioris...

Nicolas Sanson (*1600 - 1667)
Old coloured map of Northern Germany. Printed in Paris by H. Jaillot circa 1690.

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Description

Antique map of northern Germany printed after N. Sanson by Jaillot. Shows the area from Emden via Hamburg to Poland with Stettin in the east. To the lower right a title cartouche.

Details

CartographerNicolas Sanson
TitleLe Cercle de la Basse Saxe / Circuli Saxoniae Interioris...
Publisher, YearH. Jaillot, Paris, circa 1690
Plate Size47.4 x 60.5 cm (18.7 x 23.8 inches)
Sheet Size53.0 x 63.0 cm (20.9 x 24.8 inches)

Condition

Some browning, centrefold backed in lower part, small tear backed in margin. Very good condition with old outline colour. Never framed before.

Cartographer

Nicolas Sanson, born 1600 in Abbeville, was a French historian and cartographer. Louis XIII appointed him Géographe Ordinaire du Roi. His main work, the Atlas Cartes Générales de Toutes les Parties du Monde, was issued first in 1654 until 1676. After his death in 1667, the business was continued by his sons Guillaume and Adrien in partnership with A. H. Jaillot.

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Nicolas Sanson: Le Cercle de la Basse Saxe / Circuli Saxoniae Interioris....
Old coloured map of Northern Germany. Printed in Paris by H. Jaillot circa 1690.

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