PARTIE SEPTENTRIONALE DE LA COURONNE DE CASTILLE
£95
Full title "Partie Septentrionale De La Couronne De Castille ou se trouvent Les Royaumes De Castille Vielle De Leon, De Gallice, Des Asturies, La Biscaye Et La Navarre, en Partie . . . 1752 "
Good decorative and highly detailed map of Northwestern Spain, including Biscaya, Gallicia, Leon, Asturias, Old Castille, and New Castille.
Printed on thick, good quality paper with original outline hand colour. Strenghtening on verso at top of centre fold.
Overall good condition for this finely detailed map, with decorative cartouche.
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code : M5183
Cartographer : VAUGONDY ROBERT DE Family
Date : 1752 Paris
Size : 48*59 cms
availability : Available
Price : £95
The Robert de Vaugondy family responsible for map and globe publishing in Paris comprised Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766) and Didier Robert de Vaugondy (1723-1786). The father (Gilles) and son (Didier) business flourished from 1731 to 1778.
Prominent at this time among French map-makers were the Robert de Vaugondy family, who made a substantial contribution to the eighteenth century world of cartography, through the breadth and success of their prolific output, which included atlases, maps, globes and book illustration.
While only a small part of their output, the "Atlas Universel" encapsulates the diligent and scientific approach adopted by the Roberts de Vaugondy, and proved to be the most successful French world atlas of the period. It appeared from c.1757 onwards.
