Antique Map-EGYPT-AFRICA-NILE-Nicolas Sanson d’Abbeville-1682

Engraving on a verge type hand laid paper, with watermark.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 21 x 30 cm. The image size is ca. 20 x 27.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 11.8 inch. The image size is ca. 7.9 x 10.8 inch.

Rare Map: ‘Egypte divisee en ses Douze Cassilifs ou Gouvernemens’ par N. Sanson d’Abbeville Geographe ordinaire du Roy.’ (Map of Egypt). Attractive map of Egypt and the Nile Valley showing major cities and political divisions as well as nicely detailed mountains and oases. The map is decorated with a large title cartouche. This scarse map originates from: ‘Curieuse aenmerckingen der bysonderste Oost en West-Indische verwonderens-waerdige dingen. nevens die van China, Africa, en andere gewesten des werelds.’, by S. de Vries, published in Utrecht by J. Ribbius, 1682. This splendid work on the curiosities encountered during the ages of exploration abroad contains 13 maps by Sanson d’Abbeville and many etched plates by Romeyn de Hooghe, which are considered some of the most interesting of his oeuvre. Ref: Sabin, 19854. Tiele, 260. Cat. NHSM, 240. Muller, 1565.

Artists and Engravers: Author: Simon de Vries (Dutch 1524-1708): Poet, writer and translator, publisher, active in Utrecht. Carthographer: Nicholas Sanson d’Abbeville (1600 – 1667) and his descendents were important French cartographer’s active through the 17th century. Sanson started his career as a historian where, it is said, he turned to cartography as a way to illustrate his historical studies. In the course of his research some of his fine maps came to the attention of King Louis XIII who, admiring the quality of his work, appointed Sanson ‘Geographe Ordinaire du Roi’. Sanson’s duties in this coved position included advising the King on matters of Geography and compiling the royal cartographic archive. Sanson’s corpus of some three hundred maps initiated the golden age of French Cartography. Engraved by Antoine de Winter.

Condition: Excellent. General age related toning and occasional light staining. Original folding and margins as published. Bottom left margin remargined. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE MAP-EGYPT-AFRICA-NILE-NICOLAS SANSON D’ABBEVILLE

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