Samson

90475 — PARIS Chez l’Auteur 1654. Title cartouche to lower right corner. Blank on verso. In good condition. Some light tanning on edges with a few faint foxing marks. With original outline hand colouring. Engraved Size 17.5 x 23 inches Nicolas Sanson 1600-1667 sometimes called Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville or Sanson d'Abbeville was the most important French cartographer of the 17th century. Tooley called Sanson "the founder of the French school of cartography." He began making maps in the late 1620s and in the 1630s he was working with Melchior Tavernier. Later Sanson worked in concert with the print publisher Pierre Mariette with whom he published his great atlas: Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde 1658. After Sanson's death in 1667 his son Guillaume carried on the business in partnership with Alexis Hubert Jaillot. Guillaume established himself as a very important French mapmaker in his own right. PARIS Chez l’Auteur 1654. unknown