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SANSON (d'ABBEVILLE), Nicolas (1660-1667). Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde. Paris: Sanson and Pierre Mariette, 1658 [-1665].
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SANSON (d'ABBEVILLE), Nicolas (1660-1667). Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde. Paris: Sanson and Pierre Mariette, 1658 [-1665].
2o (435 x 325 mm). Title with woodcut arms, table of contents with woodcut head-piece and initial, with text in French, 113 engraved double-page maps, hand-colored in outline, mounted on guards throughout (map 48 with upper right corner renewed affecting border, map 71 with upper left corner renewed, a few occasional pale stains, some wear). (Title, contents and first map with vertical creases.) Late 17th-century calf gilt (worn).
A COMPREHENSIVE EDITION OF SANSON'S IMPORTANT WORK; this copy containing Le Nouveau Mexique et La Floride (1656), Sanson's prototype map of California as an island, "An important map, the first in a printed atlas to put the greatest emphasis on California and New Mexico" (Tooley, MCS 8, 14). Also included is the map of the Comte de Roussilon (at map 45) in lieu of map 34 on the index ("Rivieres de France"). The maps were compiled by Nicolas Sanson, and engraved and printed by P. Mariette; each held the copyright to half of the maps which bear their separate imprints. Sanson, considered to be "the founder of the French school of cartography" (Tooley), first published his atlas in 1654, with 100 maps. The index calls for 113 titles, but as was often the case copies are found with both fewer and more maps at the time of purchase. Copies of Sanson's early atlas are SCARCE. See NMM 3, 271 (containing 132 maps).
2o (435 x 325 mm). Title with woodcut arms, table of contents with woodcut head-piece and initial, with text in French, 113 engraved double-page maps, hand-colored in outline, mounted on guards throughout (map 48 with upper right corner renewed affecting border, map 71 with upper left corner renewed, a few occasional pale stains, some wear). (Title, contents and first map with vertical creases.) Late 17th-century calf gilt (worn).
A COMPREHENSIVE EDITION OF SANSON'S IMPORTANT WORK; this copy containing Le Nouveau Mexique et La Floride (1656), Sanson's prototype map of California as an island, "An important map, the first in a printed atlas to put the greatest emphasis on California and New Mexico" (Tooley, MCS 8, 14). Also included is the map of the Comte de Roussilon (at map 45) in lieu of map 34 on the index ("Rivieres de France"). The maps were compiled by Nicolas Sanson, and engraved and printed by P. Mariette; each held the copyright to half of the maps which bear their separate imprints. Sanson, considered to be "the founder of the French school of cartography" (Tooley), first published his atlas in 1654, with 100 maps. The index calls for 113 titles, but as was often the case copies are found with both fewer and more maps at the time of purchase. Copies of Sanson's early atlas are SCARCE. See NMM 3, 271 (containing 132 maps).