Cartographer:
CHÂTELAIN, Henri
Title:
PARTICULARITEZ CURIEUSES DE L’ILE DE ST. CHRISTOPHER
Stock Code:
2759
Method:
Copper engraving
Colouring:
Uncoloured
Atlas:
Atlas Historique
Size: (W x H):
48cm x 37cm
19 inches x 14½ inches
Date:
c1710
Price:
£300
This fascinating engraving has three views of St. Kitt’s above, texts in French about St Kitts and the province of Bemarin at centre, and below there are three prints of fishes, birds and insects of the island. Title on top edge. Chatelain’s Atlas Historique in seven volumes, half atlas and half encyclopaedia, was a massive and important work of its time
Fine condition