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 DE CLERCQ, Louis (1836-1901)
Akka (St. Jean D'Acre). From Batterie des Francais. No. 44
Paris: 1859-60. Albumen print from wax paper negative. Tipped onto title sheet. Numbered 44. In excellent condition. Image size: 8 ½ x 10 7/8 inches. Plate mark: 12 ½ x 15 inches. Sheet size: 17 7/8 x 23 5/8 inches.
A captivating photograph of the fortifications at Acre from De Clercq's great work of photographs of the Middle East
Louis de Clercq was born in Oignies, France on December 25, 1836. He was a member of an expedition organized to study Crusader castles in 1858-59. During journey, de Clercq phtographed the castles and other Middle Eastern monuments in Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Spain. These were issued in a six volume work called Voyage en Orient - 1859-1860, villes, monuments et vues pittoresques, recueil photographique exécuté par Louis de Clercq in 1860.
Acre or Saint-Jean d'Acre is a Syrian port on the Mediterranean. Built by the Canaanites, the city was captured by the Muslims in 638. During the First Crusade it came under Christian control and was held until 1187 when it was taken by Saladin. During the Third Crusade it was recaptured by Guy of Lusignan, Richard I of England, and Philip II of France, who gave it to the Knights of St. John. For the next century it was the center of Christian rule in the Holy Land. Its surrender and virtual destruction by the Saracens in 1291 marked the end of the Latin Kingdom. Acre was taken by the Ottoman Turks in 1517 and was revived in the late 18th century under Dahir al-Umar, the local Ottoman ruler. Though Napoleon could not conquer it in 1799, it was taken by the Viceroy of Egypt in 1832, but reconquered by the Ottoman Sultan in 1840. This is a beautiful photograph of the fortifications built by the Crusaders to maintain a protected harbor in the Mediterranean and hence means of access to Europe.
#10388 $1,500.00  
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume (1675-1726) and R. & J. Ottens
[The World] Mappe-Monde Dressée sur les Observations de M[essieu]rs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et quleques autres et sur les memoires les plus recens A Son Altesse Royale Monseigneur Le Duc de Chartres.
Amsterdam: R. & J. Ottens, [1720-50]. Copper-engraved map, with full original colour. Sheet size: 19 1/8 x 24 1/2 inches.
The Dutch edition of De l'Isle's superbly decorative World Map.
Guillaume de l'Isle's well deserved reputation as the foremost geographer of the 18th century meant that his maps were influential for many years after his death. De l'Isle, whose father had studied with Sanson, continued the work Sanson had begun at the same high level: eradicating as much as possible imaginary geography and assessing all source materials with a highly critical eye. He gained a profound distrust of authorities from his mentor,Jean Dominique Cassini.
In his map of the world, De l'Isle was among the first cartographers to re-establish California as a peninsula, to give more or less accurate configurations of all five Great Lakes, and to show the full extent of the Mississippi, to cite a few North American examples. In fusing New Guinea and Australia, he followed William Dampier's presumably personal survey, but resisted the temptation to join Tasmania and New Zealand to Australia, an error soon to be popular.
#8186$4,250.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume/ Covens & Mortier
[Swabia, Germany] Partie Septentrionale De La Souabe [and] Partie Meridionale De La Souabe
Amsterdam: Cóvens & Mortier, [1742]. Engraved with period outline colour. Collection stamp on verso. Image size (including text): 19 x 24 1/2 inches. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 24 3/4 inches.
This attractive pair of maps of Swabia is from a Dutch edition of De L'Isle entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties Du Monde, Ou sont exactement Remarquées les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Etats, Republiques &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Géographe de sa Majesté. It was published by Covens and Mortier, brothers-in-law who continued the firm established by Pierre Mortier.
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was son of a cartographer and a pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive.
This pair of maps form at large, detailed view of Swabia, one of the ten circles of the Holy Roman Empire and containing some of the historically most interesting and culturally rich parts of Germany. The region includes towns prosperous and important in the Northern Renaissance : Nuremberg, Augsburg, Ulm, and others, the Necker and Danube Rivers and the Bodensee at the border with Switzerland.
Koeman, C & M 7, #54 & #55
#11113$650.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume (1675-1726), and Covens & Mortier
Carte De Picardie Septentrionale D'Artois Et Des Environs ou l'on voit le Ressort du Conseil Provincial d' Artois.
Amsterdam: Cóvens & Mortier, 1742. Engraved with period outline colour. Faint discolouration at center fold. Collection stamp on verso. Image size (including text): 18 1/2 x 24 inches. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 26 inches.
This attractive map of the northern half of Picardy is from a Dutch edition of De L'Isle entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties Du Monde, Ou sont exactement Remarquées les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Etats, Republiques &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Géographe de sa Majesté. It was published by Johann Covens and Cornelis Mortier, brothers-in-law who continued the firm established by Pierre Mortier, Cornelis Mortier's father.
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was son of a cartographer and a pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive.
This is a very detailed, topographical map of northern Picardy was made at a time when the region was frequently being fought over and consequently re-defined politically. Much of what is shown here as belonging to the Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium) was eventually restored to France. Note the complex of canals in the north.
This map is the companion to the map of southern Picardy: "Partie Meridionarle de Picardie..."
Koeman, C & M 7, #22
#11413$400.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume/ Cóvens & Mortier
Carte Des Provinces Du Maine et Du Perche dans la quelle se trouve comprise La partie Septentrionale De La Generalité de Tours Par Guillaume Del'Isle Geographe du Roy de l'Academie Royale des Sciences.
Amsterdam: Cóvens & Mortier, [1742]. Engraved with period outline colour. Double fold, light soiling on the right side of the image. Cropped to the image on the right side. Collection stamp on verso. Image size (including text): 18 3/4 x 25 inches. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 28 inches.
This attractive map of the provinces of Maine and Perche is from a Dutch edition of De L'Isle entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties Du Monde, Ou sont exactement Remarquées les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Etats, Republiques &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Géographe de sa Majesté. It was published by Covens and Mortier, brothers-in-law who continued the firm established by Pierre Mortier.
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was son of a cartographer and a pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive.
This oversized map of the provinces of Maine and of Perche in northwestern France includes roads, hills and forests.
Koeman, C & M 7, #28
#11426$450.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume (1675-1726)
[Scandinavia] Cartes Des Courones Du Nord Qui Comprend les Royaumes de Danemark, Suede & Nowege, &c./ Téatre de la Guerre des Courones du nord Qui Comprend les Royaumes de Danemark, Suede & Norwege &c. [and] Seconde Carte des Courones du Nord, que Comprend le Royaume de Danemark &c.
Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, [1742]. A pair of copper-engraved maps, with original outline colour, collection stamp on verso of both sheets, overall very good condition. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches each.
A superb, large scale two sheet map of Scandinavia, by one of France's greatest cartographers, made at the time of the Northern War
The war referred to in the title was the Northern War in which Sweden, under the young Charles XII was opposed by Russia, under Peter the Great, Poland and Saxony under Augustus II, and Denmark. The first ten years of the war, 1699-1709, went extremely well for Charles and Sweden, but from then to peace in 1721 quite badly: Charles was killed in the trenches in 1718, and Sweden was notably diminished in power, prestige and territory.
This is a two part map from a Dutch edition of De L'Isle's work entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties Du Monde, Ou sont exactement Remarquées les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Etats, Republiques &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Géographe de sa Majesté. It was published by Covens and Mortier, brothers-in-law who continued the firm established by Pierre Mortier.
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was son of a cartographer and a pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive.
The southern half of this very detailed and attractive map includes all the land surrounding the Baltic with "Petersbourg" at the very eastern edge that appears to have been added as an afterthought.
Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, C & M 7, #11 & 12
#11501$850.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume (1675-1726/ Cóvens & Mortier
[Burgundy] Partie Septrionale Du Duche De Bourgogne Par Guillaume Del 'Isle de l' Academie Royale des Sciences.[and] Partie Meridonale du Duche de Bourgogne
Amsterdam: Cóvens & Mortier, 1742. Engraved with period outline colour. Discolouration at center fold. Collection stamp on verso. Image size (including text): 19 1/2 x 25 inches. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 26 inches.
A handsome, two sheet map of Burgundy
This pair of maps of the ancient kingdom of Burgundy comes from a Dutch edition of De L'Isle's work entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties Du Monde, Ou sont exactement Remarquées les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Etats, Republiques &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Géographe de sa Majesté. It was published by Covens and Mortier, brothers-in-law who continued the firm established by Pierre Mortier.
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was son of a cartographer and a pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive.
This pair of maps of Burgundy shows the province in great detail, the hills and trees giving the whole an inviting character. The maps together cover the region from Troyes in the north to Beaujolais in the south.
Koeman, C & M 7, #31
#11536$650.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume/ Cóvens & Mortier
Le Gouvernement General De Languedoc Divisé En trois Lieutenances Generales Sçavoir La Haut Languedoc, La Bas Languedoc et les Sevennes Subdivisée En toute ses Parties, Levée sur les Lieux Par le Sr. Sanson. (Map in two parts) Partie Orientale; Partie Occidentale.
Amsterdam: Cóvens & Mortier, 1742. Engraved with period outline colour. Collection stamp on verso. Image size (including text): 23 x 17 3/4 inches. Sheet size: 25 3/4 x 21 1/2 inches.
Lovely two sheet map of Languedoc
This handsome two sheet map of the ancient province Languedoc in France is from a Dutch edition of De L'Isle entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties Du Monde, Ou sont exactement Remarquées les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Etats, Republiques &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Géographe de sa Majesté. It was published by Covens and Mortier, brothers-in-law who continued the firm established by Pierre Mortier.
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was son of a cartographer and a pupil Jean Dominique Cassini, who among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive.
Languedoc is in the south of France, bordered on the south by the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean. Before becoming part of the Royal Domain of France, it was a separate entity governed by the counts of Toulouse.
Koeman, C & M 7, #36
#11555$650.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume/ Cóvens & Mortier
Carte Du Diocese De Narbonne Dressée par Guillaume Lafont Bourgeois de Narbonne Rectifiée sur les Observations de l' Academie Royale des Sciences Par Guillaume Del'Isle de la même Academie.
Amsterdam: Cóvens & Mortier, 1742. Engraved with period outline colour. Mild discolouration at center fold. Collection stamp on verso. Image size (including text): 18 1/2 x 23 inches. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 26 inches.
This handsome map of the See of Narbonne in southeastern France is from a Dutch edition of De L'Isle entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties Du Monde, Ou sont exactement Remarquées les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Etats, Republiques &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Géographe de sa Majesté. It was published by Covens and Mortier, brothers-in-law who continued the firm established by Pierre Mortier.
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was a pupil Jean Dominique Cassini, who among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive.
The map of the Narbonne Diocese is topographically detailed, includes major roads and is supplemented with an extensive index. There is an indexed inset map of the city of Narbonne as well
Koeman, C & M 7, #38
#11617$400.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume/ Cóvens & Mortier
Carte De La Champagne Et Des Pays Voisins ou l'on voit la Generalite de Chalons partie de celle de Soissons &c.
Amsterdam: Cóvens & Mortier, 1742. Engraved by Lieues with period outline colour. Mild discolouration at center fold. Collection stamp on verso. Image size (including text): 18 x 24 inches. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 26 inches.
This highly detailed map of northern Champagne is from a Dutch edition of De L'Isle entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties Du Monde, Ou sont exactement Remarquées les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Etats, Republiques &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Géographe de sa Majesté. It was published by Covens and Mortier, brothers-in-law who continued the firm established by Pierre Mortier.
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was son of a cartographer and a pupil Jean Dominique Cassini, who among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive.
This map is the northern half of a two sheet map depicting Champagne and its neighbors. Each map is complete in and of itself.
Koeman, C & M 7, #24
#11697$450.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume/ Cóvens & Mortier
Partie Meridionale De Champagne Par Guillaume Del'Isle de l' Academie Royale des Sciences.
Amsterdam: Cóvens & Mortier, 1742. Engraved by J. Condet with period outline colour. Discolouration at center fold. Collection stamp on verso. Image size (including text): 19 1/4 x 24 1/2 inches. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 26 inches.
This highly detailed map of southern Champagne is from a Dutch edition of De L'Isle entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties Du Monde, Ou sont exactement Remarquées les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Etats, Republiques &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Géographe de sa Majesté. It was published by Covens and Mortier, brothers-in-law who continued the firm established by Pierre Mortier.
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was son of a cartographer and a pupil Jean Dominique Cassini, who among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive.
This map is the southern half of a two sheet map depicting Champagne and its neighbors. Each map is complete in and of itself.
Koeman, C & M 7, #25
#11698$450.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume (1675-1726)
[Sri Lanka] Insula Ceilon olim Taprobana ... Carte de l'Isle de Ceylan Dressée sur les Observations de M[essieu]rs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences par le Sieur de L'Isle
Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, [circa 1700]. Copper-engraved map with full period colour. Fine condition. Plate mark: 19 5/8 x 22 1/2 inches. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 25 1/4 inches.
A very fine copy of this outstanding map of Sri Lanka by de L'Isle (one of the foremost French cartographers), printed and published by Pierre Mortier.
Pierre Mortier (1661-1711), whose ancestors were French, spent the years from 1681 to 1685 in Paris learning the book trade. When he returned to Amsterdam to open his own publishing house, he offered French publications and his own editions of French works. An edition of de L'Isle's maps, enlarged and fully coloured, was one of these.
Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726) was one of France's greatest geographers and mapmakers. He was known as the "first scientific mapmaker" and was honored as "Premier Geographe du Roi" by Louis XIV.
Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, vol III, p. 4-10
#12136$1,500.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume (1675-1726), and COVENS & MORTIER
Carte de la Prevoste et Vicomte de Paris.
Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, [1742]. Engraving with period outline colour. Some mild soiling and off-set. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches.
Paris and the surrounding territory including major roads
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was the son of a cartographer and pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who, among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive.
Jean (Johannes) Covens and Corneille (Cornelius) Mortier were brothers-in-law, who carried on the book publishing business established by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam in 1685. Pierre Mortier's company owed much of its success to his access to French publishers, whose publications he re-issued in handsome editions.The elder Mortier died in 1711; his wife continued the firm until she died in 1719. In 1721, Covens and Mortier formed a partnership, Covens having married Agatha Mortier in the same year. They continued the business by publishing enlarged editions of Sanson, Jaillot, and De L'Isle, as well as some of the later Dutch cartographical masters such as De Wit and Allard, and of course Pierre Mortier.
This map is from an edition of De L'Isle entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties Du Monde, Ou sont exactement Remarquées les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Etats, Republiques &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Géographe de sa Majesté.
Koeman, C&M 8, #14
#15040$750.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume and COVENS & MORTIER
[Sri Lanka] Insula Ceilon olim Taprobana. Carte de L'Isle de Ceylan
Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, [1742]. Engraving with period outline colour. Some mild soiling and off-set. Image size (including text): 19 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches.
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was the son of a cartographer and pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who, among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive.
Jean (Johannes) Covens and Corneille (Cornelius) Mortier were brothers-in-law, who carried on the book publishing business established by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam in 1685. Pierre Mortier's company owed much of its success to his access to French publishers, whose publications he re-issued in handsome editions.The elder Mortier died in 1711; his wife continued the firm until she died in 1719. In 1721, Covens and Mortier formed a partnership, Covens having married Agatha Mortier in the same year. They continued the business by publishing enlarged editions of Sanson, Jaillot, and De L'Isle, as well as some of the later Dutch cartographical masters such as De Wit and Allard, and of course Pierre Mortier.
This map is from an edition of De L'Isle entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties Du Monde, Ou sont exactement Remarquées les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Etats, Republiques &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Géographe de sa Majesté. It delineates the island in great detail. At the time the map was made, the coastal areas were ruled by the Dutch East Indian Company, who were undoubtedly responsible for the soundings indicated around the island and for mapping the roads depicted.
Koeman, C&M 7, #91
#15045$750.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume and COVENS & MORTIER
[India] Carte des Côtes de Malabar et de Coromandel Presentée au Roy...
Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, [1742]. Engraving with period outline colour. Some mild soiling. Mild discolouration at centerfold. . Image size (including text): 19 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches.
A richly detailed map of southern India by one of the greatest French mapmakers
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was the son of a cartographer and pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who, among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive.
Jean (Johannes) Covens and Corneille (Cornelius) Mortier were brothers-in-law, who carried on the book publishing business established by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam in 1685. Pierre Mortier's company owed much of its success to his access to French publishers, whose publications he re-issued in handsome editions.The elder Mortier died in 1711; his wife continued the firm until she died in 1719. In 1721, Covens and Mortier formed a partnership, Covens having married Agatha Mortier in the same year. They continued the business by publishing enlarged editions of Sanson, Jaillot, and De L'Isle, as well as some of the later Dutch cartographical masters such as De Wit and Allard, and of course Pierre Mortier.
This map is from an edition of De L'Isle entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties Du Monde, Ou sont exactement Remarquées les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Etats, Republiques &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Géographe de sa Majesté. It delineates with great care the coastal regions of southern India. Also indicated, where appropriate, are the names of the European countries in power in a particular port city, for example "Cochin aux Hollandois"; "Pondichery aux Francois".
Koeman, C&M 7, #90
#15046$750.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume (1675-1726)
[Southern Africa] Carte du Congo et du Pays des Cafres
Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, [1742]. Copper-engraved map, with oroginal outline colour, in good condition. Sheet size: 21 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches.
A very fine map of southern Africa, by one of France's greatest cartographers
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was the son of a cartographer and pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who, among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive.
Jean (Johannes) Covens and Corneille (Cornelius) Mortier were brothers-in-law, who carried on the book publishing business established by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam in 1685. Pierre Mortier's company owed much of its success to his access to French publishers, whose publications he re-issued in handsome editions.The elder Mortier died in 1711; his wife continued the firm until she died in 1719. In 1721, Covens and Mortier formed a partnership, Covens having married Agatha Mortier in the same year. They continued the business by publishing enlarged editions of Sanson, Jaillot, and De L'Isle, as well as some of the later Dutch cartographical masters such as De Wit and Allard, and of course Pierre Mortier.
This map is from an edition of De L'Isle entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties Du Monde, Ou sont exactement Remarquées les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Etats, Republiques &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Géographe de sa Majesté. It encompasses the southern half of Africa, endeavoring to shed some light upon the unknown interior. As De L'Isle indicates in several of his notes, available information was quite uncertain, consisting of heresay and legend. The interior indeed is a vast fictional region with gold and silver mines and mysterious kingdoms. Nevertheless, there had been several centuries' worth of interaction between white traders, mixed settlers and native tribesmen in the Congo, Angola, present day Mozambique and Madagascar. Furthermore, the courses of the Congo River and the Zambezi are accurately drawn fairly far in. Note "la Victoire Couvent de Dominicains" on the south shore of the Zambezi.
Koeman, C&M 7, #97
#15048$500.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume and COVENS & MORTIER
Carte du Canada ou de La Nouvelle France et des Decouvertes quiy ont été faites Dressée sur plusieurs Observations et sur un grand nombre de Relationes imprimées ou manuferites
Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, [1742]. Engraving with period outline colour. Some mild soiling. Mild discolouration at centerfold. Plate size: 19 1/8 x 22 1/2 inches. Sheet size: 21 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches.
De L'Isle's important and influential map of Canada
This very finely engraved and epistemologically interesting map was the most important map of Canada printed during its era. It is one of the finest maps devised by Guillaume De L'Isle, first printed in 1703. De L'Isle was a much esteemed figure who became the geographer to the French Academy of Sciences in 1702, and the Premier Géographe to Louis XV in 1718. Rodney Shirley notes that "De L'Isle's work is distinguished by its scientific basis, the minute care taken in all departments, constant revision, and personal integrity". The present map is the edition printed by Covens & Mortier for their Atlas Nouveau. The geography of the Great Lakes, eastern Canada and New England is quite accurate for the time. The numerous trading posts and missions of New France and the major towns of the adjacent British colonies are labeled. The area around Hudson's Bay is shown to be inhabited by native tribes referred to as the "Christinaux or Kilistinons", referring to their conversion to the Christian faith, while Labrador is home to the "Eskimaux". Interestingly, the map features a number of notes specifically referring to the names of explorers and the dates in which they discovered certain places, such as the reference to 'Nouveau Danemarc', discovered by the Danish explorer Jan Munk in 1619. The depiction of the upper Mississippi and Ohio basins is also quite detailed, noting the position of the French fort of 'St. Louis' or 'Crevecouer' near the present-day site of Peoria, Illinois. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of the map is its portrayal of the "Rivière Longue," one of the most sensational and enduring cartographic misconceptions ever devised. This imaginary river was reported to flow from the 'Pays des Gnacsitares' in the far west, promising the best route through the interior of the continent. A short distance over some mountains lies a long salt water lake, that is supposedly connected to the Pacific Ocean. It is a product of the imagination of the Baron Lahontan, an entertaining and roguish French adventurer, whose best-selling travel narrative Nouveaux voyages dans l'Amérique septentrionale (1703) convinced many of the world's greatest intellects of the existence of this mythical waterway.
Koeman, C&M 8, #105; Schwartz and Ehrenburg, p.141
#15050$1,500.00
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 De L'ISLE, Guillaume and Covens & Mortier
Carte D'Amerique Dressée pour l'Usage du Roy...1739. America Accurate in Imperia, Regna, Status & Populos Divisa, ad Usum Ludovici XV, Galliarum Regis
Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, [1742]. Engraving with period outline colour. Some mild soiling. Discolouration at centerfold. Sheet size: 21 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches.
An elegant map of North and South America, the most accurate to date, produced for the "usage du Roy," Louis XV.
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was the son of a cartographer and pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who, among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive.
Jean (Johannes) Covens and Corneille (Cornelius) Mortier were brothers-in-law, who carried on the book publishing business established by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam in 1685. Pierre Mortier's company owed much of its success to his access to French publishers, whose publications he re-issued in handsome editions.The elder Mortier died in 1711; his wife continued the firm until she died in 1719. In 1721, Covens and Mortier formed a partnership, Covens having married Agatha Mortier in the same year. They continued the business by publishing enlarged editions of Sanson, Jaillot, and De L'Isle, as well as some of the later Dutch cartographical masters such as De Wit and Allard, and of course Pierre Mortier.
This map is from an edition of De L'Isle entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties Du Monde, Ou sont exactement Remarquées les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Etats, Republiques &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Géographe de sa Majesté. It is his map of North and South America shown on a large enough scale that western Europe and Africa are included. The map includes the rectification of South America's eastern coast line, correcting a map of South America whose Chilean-Argentinian peninsula swung to the west. The map also includes a Prime Meridian declared by Louis XIII, but not adopted and Pope Alexander VI's Line of Demarcation that divided the world (outside of Europe) between Portugal and Spain. Finally, it should be noted that De l'Isle resisted the temptation to depict California as an island, which was being done by many mapmakers of the period.
Koeman, C&M 7, #98
#15052$4,500.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume and COVENS & MORTIER
[Fortresses on the Rhine] Grand Theatre de la Guerre sur les Frontieres de France & D'Allemagne ou Carte Nouvelle du Cours de Rhin et des Païs Circonvoisins, Contenant de Mayence, de Treves & une partie de Cologne, Le Cercle de Souabe, Le Duché de Wurtemberg, de Brisgaw, de Bade, de Suntgaw, &c. &c. &c.
Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, 1739 [1742]. Engraving. Faint discolouration at centerfold otherwise excellent condition. Sheet size: 21 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches.
An elegant arrangement of ten French fortresses on or near the Rhine
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was the son of a cartographer and pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who, among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive.
Jean (Johannes) Covens and Corneille (Cornelius) Mortier were brothers-in-law, who carried on the book publishing business established by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam in 1685. Pierre Mortier's company owed much of its success to his access to French publishers, whose publications he re-issued in handsome editions.The elder Mortier died in 1711; his wife continued the firm until she died in 1719. In 1721, Covens and Mortier formed a partnership, Covens having married Agatha Mortier in the same year. They continued the business by publishing enlarged editions of Sanson, Jaillot, and De L'Isle, as well as some of the later Dutch cartographical masters such as De Wit and Allard, and of course Pierre Mortier.
This engraving is from an edition of De L'Isle entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties Du Monde, Ou sont exactement Remarquées les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Etats, Republiques &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Géographe de sa Majesté. It consists of ten vignette views of French forts on or near the Rhine, including one view of a French siege of Philipsbourg. The forts on the Rhine represented part of Louis XIV's military legacy to France, and they were being threatened during the War of the Spanish Succession by the Duke of Marlborough's yearly campaigns. This page forms a group with De l'Isle's three maps of the Rhine: Le Cours du Rhin.
Koeman, C&M 7, 50-53
#15055$450.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume (1675-1726) & Phillippe BUACHE (1700-1773)
Carte de L'Isle de la Martinique Colonie Françoise de l'une des Isles Antilles de l'Amerique Dressée sur des Plans manuscrits entr' autres sur celui de Mr. Mouel Ingenieur du Roy Assujetis à des Observations Astronomiques et conciliés avec des memoires particuliers de feu Mr Guill. Delisle Premier Geographe de S. Majesté...
Amsterdam: Covens and Mortier, circa 1757. Engraving with full, period colour. Red outline transferred to opposing halves of the sheet. Image size (including text): 18 3/8 x 23 1/4 inches. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 25 inches.
A handsome 18th century topographical map of Martinique
A highly detailed map of Martinique that delineates the hilly terrain, forests and roads, even sugar plantations and houses. The island was to the French what Barbados and Jamaica were to the English: immensely profitable sites for sugar production.
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was the son of a cartographer and pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who, among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive.
Jean (Johannes) Covens and Corneille (Cornelius) Mortier were brothers-in-law, who carried on the book publishing business established by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam in 1685. Pierre Mortier's company owed much of its success to his access to French publishers, whose publications he re-issued in handsome editions.The elder Mortier died in 1711; his wife continued the firm until she died in 1719. In 1721, Covens and Mortier formed a partnership, Covens having married Agatha Mortier in the same year. They continued the business by publishing enlarged editions of Sanson, Jaillot, and De L'Isle, as well as some of the later Dutch cartographical masters such as De Wit and Allard, and of course Pierre Mortier.
Koeman, C & M 8 #118
#15208$1,500.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume (1675-1726)
Carte d'Afrique, Dressee pour l'usage du Roy.
Paris: Chez l'Auteur sur le Quay de l'Horloge du Palais., circa 1730. Copper-engraved map with original outline colour, printed on thick laid paper, in excellent condition. Sheet size: 20 x 26 3/8 inches.
An important early map of Africa by the celebrated French cartographer, Guillaume de L'Isle.
Guillaume de L'Isle was the son of a cartographer and a pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who, among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are also invariably elegant and attractive.
This map is from an edition of De L'Isle's Atlas de Geographie, which was reissued posthumously from 1730 to 1774. The map covers the whole of Africa including southern Europe and the whole of the Middle East.
Geographical knowledge in Africa was mostly garnered from a few early missionaries, sea captains and traders, who explored the coast, but had no direct knowledge of the interior. Even the great rivers of Africa were for many reasons unexplored by the whites. The huge trade in slaves, ivory, gold and other items took place at coastal forts through middle men. Not until the latter half of the 19th century did any degree of accuracy begin to appear in maps of Africa.
Nevertheless, De l'Isle, characteristically, amassed a great deal of information based on reports about the continent, and some of it is in a general way true: the long thin lake north of the Zambezi corresponds to Lake Tanganyika; two source rivers join to form the Nile; and there are ranges of mountains in the southwest that go down to the Cape.
Moreland and Bannister, Antique Maps p. 132; Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, 395
#17077$1,500.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume (1675-1726)
Carte d'Asie dressée pour l'usage du Roy. Sur les Memoires envoyéz par le Czar a l'Academie Royale des Science Sur ce que les Arabes nous ont laissé de plus exact des pays orientaux Sur un grand nombre de Routiers de terre et de Mer et des Cartes manuscrites detaillées. Le tout assujetti aux Observations de l"academie et a Celles de R. R. P. P. Jesuites et autre Mathematiciens. Par G. De l'Isle.
Paris: Chez l'Auteur sur le Quay de l'Horloge, circa 1730. Engraved with period outline colour. Printed on thick laid paper. In excellent condition with the exception of a tiny rust stain in the bottom left corner. Image size: 19 x 24 5/8 inches. Plate mark: 19 1/4 x 24 15/16 inches. Sheet size: 19 7/8 x 26 1/2 inches.
An important early map of Asia by the celebrated French cartographer, Guillaume de L'Isle.
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was the son of a cartographer and a pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who, among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De L'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive.
This map is from an edition of De L'Isle's Atlas de Geographie, which was reissued posthumously from 1730 to 1774. The map covers the whole of Asia including southern Europe and the whole of the Middle East. De L'Isle's elegant map draws upon many sources, as indicated in the title, one of these being Guillaume's brother, Joseph Nicolas, who worked in St. Petersburg for many years gathering material for a comprehensive survey of all of Russia, (at the instigation of Peter the Great) and, with Kirilov, produced the first Russian atlas. The southern portions of Asia are depicted with remarkable accuracy, at least in the general contours of this vast region. From India to Japan, we find striking improvements over the Dutch maps of only one generation before.
This superb map is a wonderful example of De L'Isle's artistry and fascinating early map of Asia.
Moreland and Bannister, Antique Maps p. 132; Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, 395
#17078$2,000.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume (1675-1726)
Carte de L'Isle de Saint Domingue. Dressée en 1722 pour l'usage du Roy Sur les memoires de Mr. Frezier Ingenieur de S. M.... Insulæ S. Dominicæ Tabula Accuratissima
Paris: Chez l'Auteur sur le Quay de l'Horloge, circa 1730. Engraved with period outline colour. In superb condition with the exception of a faint waterstain along the top of the central crease. 18 3/8 x 24 5/8 inches. Plate mark: 18 3/4 x 24 7/8 inches. Sheet size: 19 7/8 x 26 1/2 inches.
An important early map of the island of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, by the celebrated French cartographer, Guillaume de L'Isle.
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was the son of a cartographer and a pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who, among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive.
Considered one of De L'Isle's finest maps, the chart depicts Hispaniola, now Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The Spanish never settled the entire island, though nominally it was theirs, and French buccaneers who had established strongholds along the western coasts were later joined by French planters, who wrestled away the western part from the Spanish officially in 1697 to form Saint Domingue. There through the hard work of African slaves, they established sugar plantations and refineries. The sugar industry was still in its youth when this map was first issued by De l'Isle. The political alignments changed radically several times before the present-day division was established.
Moreland and Bannister, Antique Maps p. 132; Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, 395
#17079$1,250.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume (1675-1726)
Carte de la Turquie de l'Arabie et de la Perse.
Paris: Chez l'Auteur sur le Quay de l'Horloge al'Aigle d'Or, 1701 [but c. 1730]. Engraved with period outline colour. Printed on thick laid paper. In excellent condition. Plate mark: 18 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches. Sheet size: 20 x 26 5/8 inches.
An important early map of the Middle East by the celebrated French cartographer, Guillaume de L'Isle.
Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726) was the son of a cartographer and a pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who, among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are also invariably elegant and attractive.
This map is from an edition of De L'Isle's Atlas de Geographie, which was reissued posthumously from 1730 to 1774. It depicts much of the Muslim world and its immediate neighbors, meticulously illustrated with interesting notes throughout. Though clearly many interior sites are incorrect in the more Eastern regions of Persia and Central Asia, the map is remarkably accurate for its time. The Caspian Sea is correctly fashioned, as is the Persian Gulf and the Arabian coastline.
Moreland and Bannister, Antique Maps p. 132; Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, 395
#17452$750.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume (1675-1726)
Nova Territorii Parisiensis Tabula ... Les Environs de Paris a l'usage de Monsiegneur le Duc de Bourgogne
Amsterdam: chez I. Covens & C. Mortier, [no date but circa 1730]. Copper engraved map with original outline colour. In excellent condition. Sheet size: 21 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches.
A fascinating and attractive map of the environs of Paris at the beginning of the 18th century, with handsome period color.
Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726) was the son of a cartographer and a pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who, among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are also invariably elegant and attractive.
#17658$2,500.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume (1675-1726)
Carte du Diocese de Beziers
Paris: Chez l'Auteur sur le Quay de l'Horloge al'Aigle d'Or, 1708 [but c. 1730]. Engraved with period outline colour. Printed on thick laid paper. In excellent condition. Sheet size: 20 x 26 3/8 inches.
An important early map of south eastern France by the celebrated French cartographer, Guillaume de L'Isle.
Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726) was the son of a cartographer and a pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who, among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are also invariably elegant and attractive.
This map is from an edition of De L'Isle's Atlas de Geographie, which was reissued posthumously from 1730 to 1774. It is a handsome and detailed map of a region of Languedoc that occupies a portion of the French Riviera.
Moreland and Bannister, Antique Maps p. 132; Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, 395
#18725$400.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume (1675-1726)
Carte de France Dressée pour l'Usage du Roy en Avril 1721.
Paris: Chés la Veuve de l'Auteur sur le Quay de l'Horloge al'Aigle d'Or, 1731. Engraved with period outline colour. Printed on thick laid paper. In excellent condition. Sheet size: 20 x 26 3/8 inches.
An important early map of south eastern France by the celebrated French cartographer, Guillaume de L'Isle.
Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726) was the son of a cartographer and a pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who, among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are also invariably elegant and attractive.
This map is from an edition of De L'Isle's Atlas de Geographie, which was reissued posthumously from 1730 to 1774. This was the France that Louis XIV had secured by the time he died in 1715.
Moreland and Bannister, Antique Maps p. 132; Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, 395
#18726$600.00
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 DE L'ISLE, Guillaume (1675-1726)
Alexandri Magni Imperium et Expedito
Paris: Apud Viduam Autoris in Ripa..., 1731. Engraved with period outline colour. Printed on thick laid paper. In excellent condition. Sheet size: 20 x 34 1/2 inches.
An 18th century historical map of the conquests of Alexander by the celebrated French cartographer, Guillaume de L'Isle.
Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726) was the son of a cartographer and a pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who, among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are also invariably elegant and attractive.
This map is from an edition of De L'Isle's Atlas de Geographie, which was reissued posthumously from 1730 to 1774. It demonstrates the conquests of Alexander, who in 13 years, campaigned successfully from Greece to beyond the Indus Valley. All of the modern day Middle East, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan were under his command. The map depicts the astounding accomplishment with an extra large sheet with considerable detail, based clearly on a close reading of his exploits. Elements of Asian geography needed to be clarified, but as a picture of ancient Asia as known to the Greeks, this map is superb. Though the empire rapidly declined after Alexander's death in 323 BC, he did establish 70 cities and did bring Greek culture to the East with lasting effects.
Moreland and Bannister, Antique Maps p. 132; Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, 395
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