L'Allemagne par cercles [This title has been overlaid onto the original title of the map: "Carte Generale de l'Empire d'Allemagne et Pays Circonvoisins."]' The map depicts Greater Germany - The Holy Roman Empire - in the middle of the seventeenth century. The map covers central Europe, including present day Netherlands, Germany, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and northern Italy to the Adriatic Sea and much of Belgium, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Croatia

Date Printed: 1645

Image Size: Approx 41.5 x 57.0cm, 16.25 x 22.5 inches (Large); Please note that this is a folding map.

Type: Antique copperplate map with original outline colouring

Condition: Good; suitable for framing.

Verso: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain

Folding: This is a folding map.

Artist/Cartographer/Engraver: "Par N. Sanson Geog. Ord du Roy. A Paris par M. Tavernier Idrographe et Graveur ordinaire du Roy pour les Cartes Geographiques. Et a present chez Mariette, rue St Jacques à l'Esperance avec privilege du Roy pour 20 ans 1645". Nicolas Sanson (16001667) was a French cartographer, sometimes called the 'father of French cartography'.

Provenance: "L'Allemagne, descrite en plusieurs cartes & differens traittés de geographie, & d'histoire, suivant les plus belles & les principales distinctions, qui se peuvent remarquer dans tous les autheurs anciens, & nouveaux, par N. Sanson d'Abbeville, Geographe du Roy. A Paris, Chez l'autheur, Rue de l'Arbre-sec & prés la petite porte du Cloitre de Saint Germain de l'Auxerrois. MDCLI. Avec privilege du Roy pour vingt ans

Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667) was a French cartographer, often referred to as the "father of French cartography." His reputable skill led him to be appointed royal geographer, and he gave lessons in geography both to Louis XIII and to Louis XIV.

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Good; suitable for framing.