Cartographer:
SANSON, Nicolas
Engraver:
A. de Winter
Title:
GLOBE CELESTE.
Stock Code:
5858
Method:
Copper engraving
Publisher:
Amsterdam: Francois Halma
Colouring:
Original colour
Atlas:
Nicolas Bion: L’Usage des Globes
Size: (W x H):
12.5cm x 18cm
5 inches x 7 inches
Date:
1700
Price:
£400
Celestial globe on ornamented stand. 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: 29.5 x 36cm.