Carte d'Artois Old map of Artois France Homann 1740

Title: Carte d'Artois et des environs vel Mappa specialis comitatus Artesiae….

Description: Decorative copper engraved atlas map of the Artois France from Dunkirk Belgium to Abbeville France in the west, to Lille, Doue and Cambrai in the East.

Map maker: Homann, Johann Baptist ; Erben von.
Nuremberg Germany. 
Creator: Delisle, Guillaume (1675-1726).

Origin: Maior Atlas scholasticus ex triginta sex generalibus et specialibus.

Origin: Homann's Maior Atlas was first published in 1716 by Johann Homann, the founder of the famous Nuremberg map publishing house. It quickly became the standard gentleman's library atlas around Europe, particularly in German-speaking areas.

Size: Sheet app.: 25 x 20.75 inches. (64 x 53 cm.)
Image app:. 22 x 18.75 inches. (56 x 48 cm.)
Condition: 18th century map, imbued with the rich patina of time. Made with meticulous details, beautiful collector's item.

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