CARTE DE L'EMPIRE D'ALEMAGNE
£195
A very good map from the rare Atlas Cartes de Geographie by Pierre Du Val (1619-83) son-in-law of Nicolas Sanson.
The map is finely engreaved and decorated with cartouches and heraldic shields. Original outline colour highlighting the different states and forest & mountains.
A rare map in very good condition.
Duval published a wide range of atlases, individual maps of the world and the continents and wall maps but most of the folio maps are rare..All the maps from this edition are revised and updated maps.
REF Pastoureau , DUVAL II C, 27
WAS £395 SALE PRICE £195
code : M5175
Cartographer : DU VAL Pierre
Date : 1672 Paris
Size : 43*45cms
availability : Available
Price : £195
Pierre Du Val (1619-1683) was one of the most influential and prolific mapmakers and publishers working in Paris in the third quarter of the seventeenth century. He was the nephew of Nicolas Sanson, the leading French mapmaker of the period, and Geographer to the King of France from 1650. He was also responsible for providing maps for other Parisian editors of the period; Jollain, de Fer and Berey amongst others.
