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The Sea Coasts of France from Olone to Cape Machicaca in Biscay . . .
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- Maker :
- MOUNT, R.. / PAGE, T.
- Place :
- London
- Date :
- ca. 1680
- Color :
- Colored
- Height mm.:
- 440
- Width mm.:
- 532
- Condition :
- In good condition. Backed for protective reasons.
- Bibliography :
- -
- Seller's ref. :
- 47897
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Detailed chart of Biscay Bay, showing the Coast of Brittany. The chart is oriented with north-east at the top and includes two large insets of the Loire River with Nantes and the complete coast of Brittany.
Mount and Page was a firm of religious and maritime publishers that flourished in the 18th century. The name became well-known worldwide as an imprint of nautical charts.
The firm was founded in 1701 by Richard Mount (1654–1722) and Thomas Page. Mount had previously been in partnership with his father-in-law William Fisher (1631–1691) and inherited the business on the latter's death.
As Mount & Page the firm flourished throughout the 18th century and made the fortunes of both families, helped by government contracts.
Successive generations of Mounts and Pages worked in the business, and the families intermarried. One of its staple titles was Navigatio Britannica by John Barrow, published in 1750 and still being advertised in 1787
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€80
Maker : GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place : Frankfurt, M.Merian
Date : 1633
Gouvernement de Dauphiné, Generalité de Grenoble.
Map of the Dauphiné region, from Nicolas de Fer's "L'Atlas curieux ou le Monde réprésente dans des cartes. "The "Atlas Curieux" is a geographic encyclopedia of images and a celebration of the French Empire under the Sun King, with maps of French possessions in the western hemisphere, maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual ...
€60
Maker : DE FER, N.
Place : Paris
Date : 1705
Nouveau plan illustré de la ville de Paris . . .
Fine plan of Paris, engraved by Taylor. "With the complete system of its fortifications and strong detached". Adorned with many vignettes engraved with monuments of Paris.
€900
Maker : VUILLEMIN, A.
Place : Paris
Date : 1847
Plan du Port des Francais sur la Cote du Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique, par 58°37' de Latitude Nord et 139°50' de Longitude Occidentale, Decouverte le 2 Juillet 1786,...
Chart of the entrance of Bassin de L'Quest , visited on July 2nd 1786 by La Perouse. On many 18th century maps we find a depiction of Mer de L'Quest or Sea of the West a great sea, easily the size of the Mediterranean, to flow from the then-known Strait of Juan de Fuca and an opening to the ocean from this great sea at roughly in North California or Oregon and Quivira somewhere in Idaho.Engraved by Bouclet.
€500
Maker : LA PEROUSE, J.F.G.
Place : Paris
Date : 1798
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