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Description: This print/map originates from: "Atlas Historique..." (Historic Atlas...), Published by Zacharie Chatelain, Amsterdam, 1732. Published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720, (2nd edition in 1732). The maps were accompanied by information on cosmography, geography, history, genealogy, heraldry, and costumes of the world. The maps in the Atlas Historique were mainly based on those of the French cartographer, Guillaume De L'Isle, but were presented by Chatelain in an encyclopaedic form.
Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'Henri Abraham Chatelain'. Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743), his father Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) and Zacharie Junior (1690-1754), worked as a partnership publishing the Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L'Histoire under several different Chatelain imprints, depending on the Chatelain family partnerships at the time of publication.
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Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Carte Ancienne et Moderne des differents etats et pais situez au long du Danube pour Servir a l’ intelligence de l’ histoire. ' - ('Ancient and modern map of the different states and countries along the Danube'). Map of Central Europe, from the Adriatic coast of Slovenia and Croatia to the south-western part of Ukraine.
Condition: Very good. Original middle fold, as issued. Some foxing. Very good. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 50.7 x 45.7 cm. The image size is ca. 45 x 35.5 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 19.8 x 17.3 inch. The image size is ca. 18 x 14 inch.
Medium: Etching/engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Location: E40-06
SKU: TPC 50524.1
Section: CHATELAIN-1732
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