Antique Map-BELGIUM-NETHERLANDS-Vaugondy-1751

Copperplate engraving on verge type hand laid paper with watermark. Original outline hand colour. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 80 x 56 cm. The image size is ca. 55 x 48 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 31.5 x 22 inch. The image size is ca. 21.7 x 18.9 inch.

Map : ‘Pays-Bas Catholiques …’. (Map of the Low Countries.) Copper engraved map of the Southern part of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Northern France. Published in France by Robert de Vaugondy ca. 1751.Artists and Engravers: Gilles Robert de Vaugondy, a French cartographer with connection to the Sanson family, was born 1688 in Paris. He used Sanson’s plates and also acquired plates of Jaillot. His major work was the beautiful “Atlas Universel” first issued in 1757. He died 1766 in Paris.

Condition: Excellent. general age related toning. some light staining from handling. Some separation in middle fold, backed.

Keywords: ANTIQUE MAP-BELGIUM-NETHERLANDS-VAUGONDY

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