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51-6462Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved broadside and engraved map. Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:159878703.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
51-6476Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved text broadside and map. Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.This detailed map shows the vicinity of Milan and the important network of canals. The Naviglio Canal shown here connecting Lake Maggiore with Milan was the first artificial canal in Europe probably originating as a defensive ditch dug in the 12th century. It was one of the largest post-medieval engineering projects allowing development of commerce transport and agriculture in the region. Prominently depicted within a large area north of Pavia is the Enclos des Chartreux Certosa di Pavia monastery located within a large hunting park that belonged to the Visconti family of Milan.Evora is the capital of the province of Alentejo east of Lisbon It was captured by the Romans in 80 BC and has a Roman aqueduct and temple of Diana the goddess of hunting. There is also a 13th-century Gothic cathedral. From the 14th to the 16th centuries Evora was the residence of the Kings of Portugal.This map was published during the War of the Spanish Succession a conflict in which Portugal and Lisbon featured prominent hence the depiction of the fortifications of the city.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.Library of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
51-6460Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved text broadside and engraved map.Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
51-6467Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved text broadside and 2 engraved maps.Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.Library of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
51-6471Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved text broadside and engraved map.Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.Library of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
51-6442Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved text broadside and engraved map.Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.Library of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
51-6465Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved text broadside and engraved map.Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.Library of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
171053828Atlas Curieux ou le Monde. c.1710. The lower half of this attractive engraving shows the mouth of the Tagus from the sea to Lisbon showing the coastline settlement and fortification in detail. Title at top centre flanked by two views- To the left the 'Palais Royal de Lisbonne' and to the right 'Le Chateau de Belem'. Copper engraving. Fine condition. Uncoloured. Size: 405 x 175 mm. 16 x 7 inches. unknown
170565687Paris 1705. An unusual and interesting plan of the fortifications of four villages in Portugal. Published in the 'Atlas Curieux ou Le Monde'. Size: 275 x 410 mm. Copperplate engraving with later hand colour. Good condition. unknown
171750277Paris: Guillaume Danet Son-in law of the author 1717. Second edition. Hardcover. Good- to very good condition. Octavo. 197 9pp. 5 folding maps. Original calf with gilt lettering tooling and ruling on spine; raised bands. Decorative endpapers. Title page with copperplate engravings of two hand-colored printed globes and black double-framing California depicted as an island in this and two other maps. Second edition augmented with longitudes and latitudes of major cities. Illustrated headpiece decorative initials and endpieces. All pages with double frames; marginalia. <br /> <br /> Introduction to geography by the French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer 1646–1720 containing five folding copperplate engraved maps four of them hand-colored. The first showing a general map of the globe with America in one Europe Africa and Australia in the second globe both with North and South Poles. The margins are adorned with hand-colored portraits of significant explorers; Columbus Vespuci Shouten etc. The second map is the only one in black and white. It depicts "La Sphere Artificielle." The third map shows Europe the fourth Asia the Middle-East and Oceania with parts of Europe and Africa and finally North and South America depicted on the fifth. Contains list of cities and catalog of Fer publications at rear.<br /> <br /> At the age of twelve Fer became an apprentice of the Parisian engraver Louis Spirinx. After the death of Fer's father in 1673 he also was a cartographer Nicolas took over the business specializing in the production atlases geography and cartography-oriented publications. Well connected to the Royal Court Fer advanced to become the official geographer of the Philip V of Spain and Louis XIV of France. His numerous publications are considered artistic rather than accurate.<br /> <br /> Text in French. Binding rubbed along edges and boards with front joint mostly cracked but holding together. Small plate of previous owner glued to upper inside front cover. Inked and penciled notes on verso of decorative front endpaper. Starting at title page. Some creasing and small closed tears of maps. B/w map with two inch tear reinforced with tape on verso. Map of Europe with four inch closed tear. Map of America also reinforced with three and a half inch paper strip on verso. Page ninety-three with remnants of black glossy paper glued to gutter and part of text some loss of text. Binding in overall good- interior in good to very good condition. Guillaume Danet (Son-in law of the author) hardcover
1695129558Paris: Chez l'auteur 1695. 188 engraved leaves printed on rectos only comprising the 167 plates 2 folding listed in the table of contents plus 5 plates not listed or numbered 9 plates numbered in French the pictorial title page naval and land battle scenes and 6 leaves of explanatory text for the first few plates plus a folding table of distances and a table of contents listing plates numbered 21-189 as issued; oblong 4to; early calf the spine with gilt lettered red leather title label and gilt decorated compartments between raised bands the boards rubbed with a few small surface grazes edges worn the leather lifting along fore-edge of upper board especially at bottom fore-corner small piece torn from head of spine the upper joint starting at extremities; inked ownership inscription near the bookplate of Alec Hill on the upper pastedown earlier small inked ownership inscription on upper free endpaper pencilled annotation at head of last leaf most plates neatly numbered in an early hand one plate Paris loose some damp stains occasionally large mostly to margins with a few encroaching onto plate surface several small edge chips and splits occasional slight creasing scattered light foxing and soiling; chez l'auteur Paris 1695. First edition. From the collection of Australian military historian and academic Alec Hill 1916-2008. Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720 inherited his father's cartography business which he developed into a flourishing enterprise producing town plans atlases and over 600 sheet maps and becoming one of the most prolific cartographic publishers of his era. In 1690 he was appointed official geographer to the Dauphin the heir to the French throne and when Louis XIV's grandson the Duke of Anjou acceded to the Spanish throne de Fer was proclaimed Geographer of the King of Spain as well. De Fer made maps of places throughout Europe and in North America including one in 1698 depicting beavers building dams near Niagara Falls. Introduction a la Fortification was issued in parts between 1690 and 1695 then re-issued in 1705 with the maps re-dated accordingly. Maps in this copy are dated from 1692 to 1695 with several undated. They depict fortified towns in France the Low Countries Germany Italy Spain and around the Mediterranean. The extra plates in this copy are Chartres Nouveau Canal Echelle Quebec and Batavia. The intricate folding Table Geografique enables the reader to calculate journey distances from Paris to all the principal towns in Europe. Chez l'auteur unknown
170578548Paris: 1705. Nicolas de Fer's excellent map of the German states. From the "Atlas Curieux ou Le Monde". Copper engraving. Hand colouring. Size: 274 x 405 mm Good condition. unknown
170566131Paris. c.1705. A charming map of Spanish and Dutch Flanders in the early eighteenth century. A number of the larger cities and towns are highlighted together with local physical features in the form of rivers canals woodlands and marshland. Published in de Fer's 'Atlas Curieux ou Le Monde'. Size: 275 x 400 mm. Copperplate engraving with later hand colour. Fine condition. unknown
51-6448Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved map. One fold. Worm hole in lower margin 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
51-6449Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved map. One fold. Worm hole in lower margin 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
170578854Paris: 1705. Map of the Bishopric of Liege and the surrounding areas of Maastricht. Published in "Atlas Curieux ou le Monde". Copper engraving. Hand coloured. Size: 273 x 402 mm Very good condition. unknown
51-6463Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
51-6457Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
51-6459Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
51-6461Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
51-6458Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
51-6456Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
16-3950Paris: chez l'Auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le Quay de l'Orloge a la Sphere Royal avec privilege du Roy 1710. Original handcolored engraved map. 74 x 54 cm. sheet size. On old laid paper with windmill in a necklace watermark.From; Atlas ou Recueil de Cartes Geographiques Dressees Sur les Nouvelles Observations de Mrs. de L'Academie Royale des Sciences Par N. de Fer Geographe de sa Majeste Catolique et de Monseigneur le Dauphin. A Paris chez l'Auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le Quay de l'Orloge a la Sphere Royal avec privilege du Roy 1709.Pastoureau describes this large atlas as De Fer's folio atlas. It is described by De Fer in his catalog of 1716 as his highly detailed atlas showing all parts of the world with all the maps available separately. Paris: chez l'Auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le Quay de l'Orloge a la Sphere Royal, avec privilege du Roy, 1710 unknown
1719291534Paris 1719. Map. Engraving with original hand outline color. Image measures 19 x 23". Sheet measures 20 x 28".<br/> <br/> Unusual map of Peru from the early 18th century. Includes part of Ecuador Bolivia and Brazil based on Jesuit activity in the area. Amazon rain forest is visualized with a dynamic design. Cartouche describes the mining industry. Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720 was a prolific cartographer engraver and publisher who took over the family map business from his mother when she retired in 1687. The business flourished and he gained a great reputation in his lifetime and was appointed 'Geographer to the King' in 1690. This map demonstrates his skill and provides a curious yet alluring mixture of history and geography.<br/> <br/> unknown
1705M772Paris 1705. Excellent. Notes: This map covers the Gulf of Mexico through Central America and includes parts of Cuba and Jamaica. It extends through Mexico to show the southern tip of Baja California. This is an early map to show the correct location of the Mississippi River delta gleaned from the expeditions of La Salle and Iberville. Two French forts are located: LaSalle's Fort St. Louis in Texas Fortbati en 1685 and another near present-day New Orleans. One of the prominent features in northern Mexico is Les Fameuses Mines de Ste. Barbe the legendary Santa Barbara mines of the Chihuahua-Durango region. Size : 230x335 mm 9x13.125 Inches Coloring: Original Outline Coloring Category: Maps Central America Mexico unknown