1719 chatelain henri abraham (1 risultati)

Imagine size: 36.5x 43cm, map overall 44x 53.3; plus matt, 52.5xx 60cm. slightly toned but excellent contrast. Ancient and original geographical map, in the VI, No. 24, page 94. "Atlas Historique ou nouvelle introduction a l'Histoire, la Chronologie & la Geographie Ancienne & Moderne?", published in Amsterdam in 1719. Atlas which, with its publication, combines geographical maps with engravings and information of a geographical, heraldic, ethnographic and historical nature, thus making the work in seven volumes very innovative. Copper engraving 370x430 mm.Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 - 1743), Huguenot pastor originally from Paris lived alternately in Paris, London, The Hague and Amsterdam. Known as a Dutch cartographer for his monumental seven-volume cartographic work "Atlas Historique" published in Amsterdam with his brothers. Views and descriptive text of Native American customs and indigenous animals in North America. Includes views of the Buffalo, Niagara Falls, coats of arms, weapons and ceremonies. Calumet and ritual places in the center at the bottom mm 370x430.…