CARTA GEOGRAFICA DEL GOVERNO DELLA BRETAGNA

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Striking and highly detailed fine unusual 1758 Isaak Tirion's copper engraved map of Brittany (Bretagne), a region of France. The map is filled with a lot of topographic details on cities, towns, rivers, lakes, islandss, as well as regional divisions. A landscape-style cartouche includes the title and two mileages. A compass rose completes the map.

Good hand colour

Very good condition

code : M4218

Cartographer : Isaac TIRION

Date : 1758 Venice

Size : 31*39.5 cms

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Isaac Tirion (c.1705-c.1769) was born in Utrecht. He became a prominent bookseller and publisher with premises on the ‘Kalverstraat’ in Amsterdam and was also to become a member of the board of the booksellers’ guild. He was responsible for a large number of atlases and books with maps.