Antique Map-MEXICO CITY-LAKE MEXICO- LAGO DE TEXCOCO-Schley-Bellin-1754

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‘”CARTE DES ENVIRONS DE LA VILLE DE MEXICO, KAART DER OMLIGGENDE PLAATSEN VAN DE STAD MEXICO”‘

– This print shows a view on the surrounding places of Mexico-city and lake of Mexico, Lago de Texcoco.

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Description

This print shows a view on the surrounding places of Mexico-city and lake of Mexico, Lago de Texcoco.

Made by Jakob van Schley after Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Medium: Engraving with hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 18 x 24.5 cm (7.09 x 9.65 inch). Image size: 15.8 x 24 cm. (6.22 x 9.45 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Red edges. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

MEXICO CITY-LAKE MEXICO- LAGO DE TEXCOCO-NORTH AMERICA | RBOS-A9-32

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in ‘Pour l’Histoire General des voyages’, 1754.

Biography engraver: Jakob van Schley (26 July 1715 ? 7 February 1779) was a Dutch draughtsman and engraver. He studied under Bernard Picart (1673-1733) whose style he subsequently copied. .

Biography artist: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703 ? 1772) was a French hydrographer, geographer, and member of the French intellectual group called the philosophes. He was hydrographer of France’s hydrographic office, member of the Acad?mie de Marine and of the Royal Society of London. Over a 50-year career, he produced many maps of particular interest to the Minist?re de la Marine. His maps of Canada and of French territories in North America (New France, Acadia, Louisiana) are particularly valuable. .

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Dimensions 24 × 18 × 1 cm

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