Description: This print/map originates from: "Atlas Historique..." (Historic Atlas...), Published by Zacharie Chatelain, Amsterdam, 1732. Published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720. This 2nd edition (Tome II) has been published in 1732. The maps were accompanied by information on cosmography, geography, history, genealogy, heraldry, and costumes of the world. The maps in the Atlas Historique were mainly based on those of the French cartographer, Guillaume De L'Isle, but were presented by Chatelain in an encyclopaedic form.
Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'Henri Abraham Chatelain'. Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743), his father Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) and Zacharie Junior (1690-1754), worked as a partnership publishing the Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L'Histoire under several different Chatelain imprints, depending on the Chatelain family partnerships at the time of publication.
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Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Nouvelle Carte des Cercles de l’ Empire, avec des Tables des divers Souverains, qui composent ses Dietes et ses Differents Coleges.' - ('New Map of the Imperial Circles, with tables of various sovereigns [..]'). Map of the Holy Roman Empire, detailing the various parts of the empire.
Condition: Excellent, given age. Original folds, as issued. Slight paper damage where the folds meet, closed with contemporary paper backed with acid free archival tape. Some tiny stains. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 64.4 x 50.5 cm. The image size is ca. 63.2 x 47.7 cm. Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 25.4 x 19.9 inch. The image size is ca. 24.9 x 18.8 inch.
Medium: Etching/engraving on hand laid paper.
Location: E40-09
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