Title:

Premier carte pour l'Introduction a l'histoire du monde, ou l'on remarque la sphere, le globe celeste, et les diferens sistemes du monde

Description:

This sheet depicts a double hemisphere celestial model, a double hemisphere map of the world, with California shown as an island, an armillary sphere and models of the solar system based on Copernicus, Ptolemy and Tycho Brahe. This engravings are flanked by explanatory text in french.

Publication: Atlas Historique, ou nouvelle introduction a l'histoire, a la chronologie & a la geographie ancienne & moderne. A Amersterdam, chez L'Hoinore & Chatelain Libraires. Author: Chatelain. H,. Vol. 1, publ. 1721

Cartographer: Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 - 1743) was a Huguenot pastor of Parisian origins. He lived consecutively in Paris, St. Martins, London (c. 1710), The Hague (c. 1721) and Amsterdam (c. 1728). He is best known as a Dutch cartographer and more specifically for his cartographic contribution in the seminal seven volume Atlas Historique, published in Amsterdam between 1705 and 1720. Innovative for its time, the Atlas Historique combined fine engraving and artwork with scholarly studies of geography, history, ethnology, heraldry, and cosmography. Some scholarship suggests that the Atlas Historique was not exclusively compiled by Henri Chatelain, as is commonly believed, but rather was a family enterprise involving Henri, his father Zacharie (d.1723) and his brother, also Zacharie (1690 – 1754). They worked as a partnership publishing the Atlas under several different Chatelain imprints, depending on the Chatelain family partnerships at the time of publication. The atlas was published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720, with a second edition appearing in 1732. The maps were accompanied by information pertaining to cosmography, geography, history, chronology, genealogy, topography, heraldry, and costume of the world. The images incorporated into the plates and tables were drawn from the best available contemporary sources, including the works of Dapper, Chardin, de Bruyn and Le Hay. Many of the maps are based on the work of Guillaume de l'Lisle.

Condition: Very good. The sheet is evenly aged toned, commensurate with its age. Folds as issued. Blank verso. If there are minor tears they have been repaired with archival tissue. The attached photo is part of the item description, please examine carefully.

Color: Uncoloured

Size (h x w): 44.0 x 52.5 cm. (Sheet)

Technique: copper-plate engraving.

Ref: JJB2347