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Diocese of Tourney "showing Exactly The Lines", 1699 ?

 Item — Oversize_Folder: 10
Identifier: id189639

Scope and Contents

(Wright Belgium/Holland Map No. 10)

Le Diocese de Tournay ou font Exactement Marquées Les Lignes Levé & gravé par ordre expres du Roy á l’usage de Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne

[The Diocese of Tournay or Exactly Marked Lines Lifted & engraved by order of the King for the use of the Duke of Burgundy]

Villages, roads, rivers, etc shown. Relief shown pictorially. The Lines of Commines, Menin and Courtray shown. Remarks and legend of the structure of the diocese.

Alexis Hubert Jaillot - geographer

Chez Pierre Mortier, Paris - publisher

copper engraving, hand-colored, decorative cartoche, canvas backed folding map of 4 sheets

61 x 48 cm

1 : 128,000

"Title in upper margin: Alle de France Linien na de Waarhety af Geteklent in't BIsdom van Doornick & c Door ordre van den koningh

[All the France Linien after the Waarhety from Geteklent in 't BIsdom van Doornick & c By order of the king]

Map appears in atlas titled : Atlas Nouveau Contenant Toutes Les Parties du Monde, ou Sont exactement Remarques Les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Estats, Republiques & Peuples qui fy trouvent a present. Par le Sr. Sanson, Geographe ordinaire du Roy. Presente a Monseigeur le Dauphin

Dates

  • Creation: 1699 ?

Creator

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Extent

From the Collection: 3.30 Linear Feet

Language

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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