Description
Antique map of the Duchy of Jülich after N. Sanson by H. Jaillot. Shows the area along the Rhine from Düsseldorf to Bonn, in the west to Maastricht. With Neuss, Cologne, Königswinter, Aachen, Roermond and Jülich in the centre. To the top right a title cartouche.
Condition
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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