RADE DE MARSEILLE.

Attractive copper engraving showing the Marseille area produced by Joseph Roux, to accompany his "Recueil des principaux plans des ports et rades de la Mer Mediterranee", first published 1764.

Measures 130 x 190 mm. 

Good condition, see photo. 

Hand coloured. 

A guaranteed genuine antique map.

JOSEPH ROUX

Joseph Roux was born in 1725 in Marseille, France to Joseph Roux, who worked as a hydrographer, and Magdaleine Senequier. He took over the family business and became a hydrographer like his father, “in the course of which he published, manufactured, and sold a wide assortment of charts, navigating instruments, and related nautical gear.” It was probably around the mid-18th century when Joseph earned the title of “Hydrographe du Roi” meaning Hydrographer to the King. In 1764, Joseph published a folio of twelve Mediterranean charts which were used for a number of years after their publication. Copies were even used on HMS Victory in 1803 and 1805, as well as on HMS Shannon. Joseph was also known to paint, though not as frequently as his son or grandchildren. Two such works, oil paintings titled Bonhomme Richard vs Serapis and Naval Engagement between a British East Indiaman and a French Warship, exist at the Peabody Essex Museum and showcase Joseph's skill as a painter. Joseph died in 1793 in Marseille.