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Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, 1742. Engraving with period outline colour. Some mild soiling and off-set. Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was the son of a cartographer and pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini, who, among other important contributions, aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction, observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. De l'Isle carried on this exacting work with remarkable dedication and integrity, constantly revising and improving his maps. While precision was his primary goal, his maps are invariably elegant and attractive. Jean (Johannes) Covens and Corneille (Cornelius) Mortier were brothers-in-law, who carried on the book publishing business established by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam in 1685. Pierre Mortier's company owed much of its success to his access to French publishers, whose publications he re-issued in handsome editions.The elder Mortier died…
Read More Carte des Indes et de la Chine / Dressée sur plusieurs Relations particulieres Rectifiées par quelques Observations par Guillaume de l'Isle de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. Map by De L'Isle. Covens & Mortier - 1720
by De L'Isle. Covens & Mortier
Carte des Indes et de la Chine / Dressée sur plusieurs Relations particulieres Rectifiées par quelques Observations par Guillaume de l'Isle de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. Map
by De L'Isle. Covens & Mortier
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Amsterdam: Chez Jean Covens et Corneille Mortier, 1720. Very good condition. A fine example of this highly detailed map of the Far East covering from Japan and Southeast Asia to Uzbekistan and India. Areas mapped include China, India, Japan, New Guinea, Timor, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, Philippines, Sri Lanka and many of the "Stans" in the west. The map is based on the earlier work of Guillaume De L'Isle. Covens & Mortier specialized in publishing French geographers including De L'Isle, Jaillot, Janssonius, and Sanson. They also reissued atlases, for example a 1725 reissue of Frederik de Wit's Atlas Major and an atlas, with additions, from the works of Guillaume De L'Isle. They also purchased Pieter van der Aa's plates in 1730. At their high point, they had the largest collection of geographic prints ever assembled in Amsterdam. Handsome copper engraving, b&w as issued, 24 x 24 1/4", two original folds, bright and clean.
- Bookseller Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Book Condition Used - Very good condition
- Quantity Available 1
- Publisher Chez Jean Covens et Corneille Mortier
- Place of Publication Amsterdam
- Date Published 1720