Carte Generale des Royaume d’Angleterre
Book Description
Double-page engraved map; a few creases, paper restored. Dimensions: 400 by 510mm (15.75 by 20 inches).
Dealer Notes
Rare map of the British Isles.
Berey has closely copied Sanson separately issued map of 1640. Berey’s imprint in the right-hand cartouche replaces that of Tavernier.
Nicolas Berey (1608-1665) map publisher, colourist, and father-in-law of Jaillot. Although his original oeuvre is small he did copy numerous maps by the leading cartographers of the day, including Blaeu, Hondius, and Sanson.
Berey has closely copied Sanson separately issued map of 1640. Berey’s imprint in the right-hand cartouche replaces that of Tavernier.
Nicolas Berey (1608-1665) map publisher, colourist, and father-in-law of Jaillot. Although his original oeuvre is small he did copy numerous maps by the leading cartographers of the day, including Blaeu, Hondius, and Sanson.
Author
BEREY, Nicolas [after] SANSON, Nicolas.
Date
1646
Publisher
Paris, Chez N. Berey anlumineur De la Reine,
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