Geographia Synodica, Sive regionum urbium, et locorum ubi celebrata sunt concilia oecumenica, nationalia, provincialia et synodi dioece sanae; Tabula geographia prima, quae tottus orbis partes continet. Ex Conatibus Geographicis Gulielmi Sanson Nicolai Filii Christianissimi Galliarum Regis Geographi. by Sanson, Guillaume - 1667

Bouquins, 2022. Paperback. Very Good. Slight signs of wear on the cover. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Paris: Pierre Mariette, 1665 Copper engraving on paper 405 x 503 mm, colored in outline, trimmed on or just inside the plate mark, and pasted on strong paper 480 x 610 mm (paper slightly creased at verso, remnants of cenrefold). "Cimmeria, which later became European Scythia or Lesser Scythia." A good copy of a geographical exercise by Guillaume Sanson (1633-1703). He was the son of the celebrated French cartographer Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667), and inherited the family firm along with his brother Adrien Sanson (1639-1718) upon their father's demise. The map, drawing from classical authors, depicts Cimmeria (an ancient name of Crimea) and Scythia (now the southern Ukraine). It was included in the atlas "Cartes generales de toutes les parties du monde" printed in Paris by Pierre Mariette in 1665. Pastoureau, Sanson V B (160).

[c.1700]. Original engraved map (19 x26.5 cm. , overall sheet size 22 x 29 cm.) of the Canaries with inset of Madeira. Central vertical fold.

Map of North Holland, with Tessel island. Large cartouche on the left with title, dedication and explanation concerning the scales adopted for this map. The title is printed from a different plate. Titled: 'PARTIE SEPTENTIONALE DU COMTÉ DE / HOLLANDE. / Dressée sur les Memoires les plus Nouveaux. / Par le S.r SANSON, Geographe ordinaire du Roy.' // 'Presenté A MONSEIGNEUR LE DAUPHIN, / Par son tres-humple, tres-Obeissant, et tres fidele Serviteur / Alexis Hubert Iaillot.' On the bottom of the scales: 'A Paris chez H. Iallot joignant kes grands Augustins, aux deux Globes. / Avec Privilege du Roy pour Vingt Ans. / 1699', last number '9'in pen and brown ink. In fact the original plate does not show the last number, which was supposed to be added in a second moment. l Etching and engraving on paper, trimmed to plate mark, partially hand coloured; total: 431 x 564 mm; pasted on thick paper, some losses of paper, some stains, corners with pinholes and further damages. Folding line in the middle, top part… Read More

Paris: Mariette, Pierre, 1678. Excellent. Size : 390x522 (mm), 15.375x20.5 (Inches), Coloring: Original Outline, with later cartouche coloring, Category: ; Maps Asia Near East Turkey

Paris: Mariette, Pierre, 1678. Excellent. Size : 357x595 (mm), 14x23.375 (Inches), Coloring: Original Outline, with later cartouche coloring, Category: ; Maps Asia Near East Turkey

Paris: Jaillot, Hubert, 1674. Very Good to Excellent.. Size : 572x840 (mm), 22.5x33 (Inches), Coloring: Original Outline Coloring, Category: ; Maps Europe Benelux

Paris Book. Good. Full-Leather. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. 106 geographical tables. This copy has tables from various editions with printing dates from 1663 to 1741. The majority of tables date from 1663-1698. Most are in French but many also in Latin. The plates show different versions of the geographical tables. Please inquire for more details. The majority of tables are 20 inches, some tables are 16 inches and are pasted on blank pages. The leather binding is worn at the top and bottom of spine and on corners and edges..

Paris: Chez Pierre Mariette, 1690. Copper-engraved map, period hand colouring in outline. Among the most important French maps of North America of the second half of the 17th century, produced by the country's most esteemed family of cartographers. This very influential map was the official successor to Nicolas Sanson's 1650 map of North America. When Nicolas Sanson, regarded as the father of the renaissance of cartography under Louis XIV, died in July, 1667, he left his flourishing business under the charge of his eldest son Guillaume. The younger Sanson continued his father's partnership with the Mariette family, who were prominent Parisian printers. Guillame was determined to publish a new, updated edition of his father's Cartes Generales de toutes parties du Monde, the first French general atlas, originally published in 1657. The map of North America that appeared in the atlas, although masterful, was now considered to be geographically outdated. The present map, which appeared in the second… Read More

Paris: Chez Pierre Mariette, 1669. Copper-engraved map, period hand colouring in outline. The most important French map of North America of its generation, produced by the country's most esteemed family of cartographers. This very influential map was the official successor to Nicolas Sanson's 1650 map of North America. When Nicolas Sanson, regarded as the father of the renaissance of cartography under Louis XIV, died in July, 1667, he left his flourishing business in the care of his eldest son Guillaume. The younger Sanson continued his father's partnership with the Mariette family, who were prominent Parisian printers. Guillame was determined to publish a new, updated edition of his father's Cartes Generales de toutes parties du Monde, the first French general atlas, originally published in 1657. The map of North America that appeared in the atlas, although masterful, was now considered to be geographically outdated. The present map, which appeared in the second edition of the atlas, featured… Read More