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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. This 2nd edition (Tome II) has been published 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: 'Nouvelle Carte du Gouvernement Civil d‘ Angleterre et ou celuy de la Ville de Londres.' - New Map of the Civil Government of England and He who will or the City of London.
Condition: Excellent, given age. Original middle fold, as issued. Some tiny stains. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 51.5 x 45 cm. The image size is ca. 46.9 x 35.2 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 20.3 x 17.7 inch. The image size is ca. 18.5 x 13.9 inch.
Medium: Etching/engraving on hand laid paper.
Location: E40-30
SKU: TPC 72999.1
Section: CHATELAIN-1732
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