Carte de Provence et des terres adjacented Par Guillame de'Lise del' Academic Royal des Sciences a Paris, circa 1715

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Scope and Contents

(Wright French Map No. 7)

Carte de Provence et des terres adjacentes

[Map of Provence and adjacent lands]

Abbeys, Roman and other roads, forests shown. Relief shown pictorially.

Guillaume Del'Isle, Royal Academy of Sciences, Paris - geographer

Desrosiers - engraver

J. Covens & C. Mortier, Amsterdam - publisher

copper engraving, hand-colored, linen back folding map of 4 sheets

48 cm x 60 cm

1 : 415,000

Inset: Explication des marques-Legend of towns

Title in upper margin: Carte de Provence et des terres adjacented Par. Guillame de'Lise del' Academic Royal des Sciences a Paris

[Map of Provence and adjacent lands by Guillaume de l'Isle of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Paris]

Dates

Creation: circa 1715

Creator

From the Collection: Wright, John Womack, 1876-1953 (Collector, Person)
From the Collection: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Lotter, Tobias Conrad, 1717-1777 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Saint Helene, Placide de (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Senex, John, d. 1740 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702 (Cartographer, Person)

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