Description
Antique map of the Iberian Peninsula by Guillaume de l'Isle. This is the Covens & Mortier edition of the detailed map by G. de l'Isle. Shows Spain and Portugal with the Balearic Islands and the North African coast. A splendid title cartouche to the upper right.
Condition
Several ink stains, centrefold backed. Very good condition with old outline colour. Never framed before.
Cartographer
The de L'Isle family was one of the most influential Geographers of the early 18th century in France. Claude de L'Isle, born 1644, had four sons, of which Guillaume was the most notable. Guillaume was born 1675 and became member of the Académie Royale des Sciences with the age of twenty-seven, and was honoured later with the title Premier Géographe du Roi. His largest project, the Atlas de Géographie, was published until 1774 in Paris and Amsterdam (Covens and Mortier). He died in 1726.
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Old coloured map of Spain - Portugal. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier circa 1730.
Spain - Portugal - de l'Isle, Guillaume - L'Espagne Dressee sur la Description qui...