Home -> Antique Maps -> World, Hemispheres & Sets of Continents -> Celestial

GLOBE COELESTI.

Cartographer:

SANSON, Nicolas

Title:

GLOBE COELESTI.

Stock Code:

5797

Method:

Copper engraving

Publisher:

Amsterdam: Francois Halma

Colouring:

Original colour with gold highlights

Atlas:

Nicolas Bion: L’Usage des Globes

Size: (W x H):

31.5cm x 18cm

12½ inches x 7 inches

Date:

1700

Price:

£450

Handsome twin hemisphere celestial map, illustrative surround - cherubs, clouds and eagle in the lower cusp holding a ribbon bearing the latin inscription, ‘Coeli Enarrant Gloriam Dei’. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries to France. This map was published in Bion’s treatise on globes. Nicolas Bion was a famous French mathematical and scientific instrument maker.

Fine condition. Mounted size: 47 x 38.5cm

Please note that with the exception of maps and a
few other items, all our prices include VAT.
This may be deductable or refundable for export.
Please contact us for more details.