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JAILLOT, Alexis Hubert (1632-1712) after Nicolas SANSON (1600-1667)

[English Channel] Carte de la Manche

Paris: Depot de la Marine, circa 1720. Copper-engraved map, later published by the Depot de la Marine. Printed on laid paper. In excellent condition, apart from a vertical and a horizontal crease where the chart was folded. Image size: 23 ¼ x 31 7/8 inches. Sheet size: 26 ¾ x 39 ¼ inches.

A stunning sea chart of the English Channel from one of the most celebrated French atlases "Le Neptune Francois"

With the establishment of the Paris Observatory in 1667, a series of surveys by triangulation were conducted of the coasts of France. The findings were organized into elaborate sea charts and included in one of the greatest atlases of the age, Le Neptune Francois. Le Neptune Francois was first published in 1693 by Nicolas Sanson and Alex Hubert Jaillot in cooperation with J. D. Cassini. This lavish collection of sea charts was one of the most important contributions to the history of European mapmaking and helped establish France as a leader in cartographic study. Following the foundation of the National Hydrographic Service in 1720, also known as the Depot de la Marine, the French continued to dominate this field until well into the eighteenth century.

The atlas was initially published in Paris but was quickly re-engraved and republished by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam with accompanying French, Dutch, and English texts. Le Neptune Francois appeared in numerous editions before it was revised and republished by J. N. Bellin in 1753. This stunning chart is a wonderful example from this important atlas. Almost identical to Sanson and Jaillot's original map, this chart is a later publication issued by the Depot de la Marine. The map depicts the English Channel including the coast of Brittany from Brest to Dunquerque, and the coast of England from Brede Bay to Colchester.

Morland & Banister, Antique Maps.

#16270$1,200.00
 
 
MORTIER, Pierre (1661-1711)

Carte de l'Entrèe de la Tamise Avec les Bancs, Passes, Isles et Costes comprises entre Sandwich et Clay. Levée et Gravée par ordre du Roy. A PARIS 1693. [with] Carte de la Tamise depuis L'Isle Greane jusques à Londres.

Paris [but Amsterdam: Mortier], 1693. Copper-engraved sea chart, with full original colour, printer's thumbprint lower left corner, overall in very good condition. Sheet size: 24 1/2 x 37 1/2 inches.

A beautiful coastal chart of the mouth of the Thames River and Suffolk, England, with inset map of the Thames to London.

This large scale, beautifully coloured coastal chart of the mouth of the Thames River and adjacent coasts comes from Le Neptune François, a lavish collection of charts produced collaboratively by Hubert Jaillot and Pierre Mortier. As Koeman discovered in his research on this work (see P. Mortier, Atlantes Neerlandici, Maritime Atlases, p. 423-4), Mortier re-engraved the plates after the original French prototype Neptune François by Charles Pène and others in a richly coloured edition and added to the titles the words "Levée et Gravée par ordre du Roy à Paris 1693" though they were in fact engraved, coloured and published in Amsterdam by Mortier.

Pierre Mortier's grandparents were French émigrés, who left France in about 1625 to live in Leiden. His parents settled in Amsterdam in 1661 or 1662. Pierre Mortier grew up in Amsterdam but lived in Paris from 1681 to about 1685 where he must have gotten into the book trade. Once he was in Amsterdam again he specialized in French books and maintained his relationships with Parisian publishers. Amsterdam was at this time the international marketplace for books, especially books forbidden by repressive governments.

He established himself in the field of cartographical publishing by offering editions of French maps, primarily Sanson's and Jaillot's to a public tired of the superb but dated Dutch offerings. Working on a scale larger than the typical Dutch folio map and providing the new insights of French geography, he was immensely successful. The charts in his version of Le Neptune François are outstanding examples of cartographical art. They are among the most beautiful printed sea charts ever made.

This chart gives the soundings, sandbars and shorelines for the entrance to the Thames River and adjacent coasts mostly to the north, in or including Suffolk and Norfolk. "Tamise" accords with the pronunciation and ancient form of "Thames", which was "Tamesis."

Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Mor 1, 8.

#10483$2,000.00
 
 
MORTIER, Pierre (1661-1711)

Carte de la Mer D'Ecosse Contendant les Isles et Costes Septentrionales et Occidentales D'Ecosse et les Costes Septentrionales D'Irlande

[Amsterdam: Mortier, 1693]. Copper-engraved map, with full original colour and gold embellishments, two inch repaired tear right margin, well away from image, small loss top margin, overall good condition. Sheet size: 24 1/2 x 37 1/4 inches.

Large, handsome coastal chart of northwestern Scotland, the Hebrides and northern Ireland

This large scale, beautifully coloured coastal chart of Scotland, Ireland and the Hebrides comes from Le Neptune François, a lavish collection of charts produced collaboratively by Hubert Jaillot and Pierre Mortier. As Koeman discovered in his research on this work (see P. Mortier, Atlantes Neerlandici, Maritime Atlases, p. 423-4), Mortier re-engraved the plates after the original French prototype Neptune François by Charles Pène and others in a richly coloured edition and added to the titles the words "Levée et Gravée par Ordre du Roy à Paris 1693" though they were in fact engraved, coloured and published in Amsterdam by Mortier. They were sold in France, we can assume, under the auspices of Hubert Jaillot, who had been appointed the first "Geographe du Roi" in 1678.

Pierre Mortier's grandparents were French refugees, who left France in about 1625 to live in Leiden. His parents settled in Amsterdam in 1661 or 1662. Pierre Mortier grew up in Amsterdam but lived in Paris from 1681 to about 1685 where he must have gotten into the book trade. Once he was in Amsterdam again he specialized in French books and maintained his relationships with Parisian publishers. Amsterdam was at this time the international marketplace for books, especially books forbidden by repressive governments.

He established himself in the field of cartographical publishing by offering editions of French maps, primarily Sanson's and Jaillot's to a public tired of the great but dated Dutch offerings. Working on a scale larger than the typical Dutch folio map and providing the new insights of French geography, he was immensely successful. The charts in his version of Le Neptune François are outstanding examples of cartographical art. They are among the most beautiful printed sea charts ever made.

This chart, which is oriented so that east is at the top of the page, encompasses the western coast of Scotland, the islands to the west and northwest of Scotland, the coast of Northern Ireland and the Faeroe Islands. The western half of the Shetland Islands is also depicted.

Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, M. Mor 1, #9.

#10290$1,750.00
 
 
RENARD, Louis (1678-1746)

[English Channel] Canalis inter Angliæ et Galliæ Littora. Pasecaert van 't Canaal tusschen Engeland en Vranckryck

[Amsterdam: Renard, 1715 or 1739]. Copper-engraved sea chart, with full orginal colour, in very good condition. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 24 3/4 inches.

A highly decorative sea chart of the English Channel, by the master-engraver Renard.

The marine atlases of 17th and 18th century Holland were best sellers. The nation that led the world in overseas commerce also led in the arts of engraving and cartography. Plus, there was a large audience of mariners and mariners' parents, who needed to study the obscure straits and recently discovered island groups their sons were seeing.

Louis Renard first published Atlas de la Navigation, et du Commerce qui se fait dans toutes les parties du monde in 1715. It was re-issued unchanged by the Ottens in 1739. The charts were printed from plates made by Frederick de Wit in 1675, Orbis Maritimus ofte Zee Atlas. These were corrected by Renard, using, primarily, van Keulen.

Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Ren 1.

#13984$2,400.00
 
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