COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667
Author:
Tavernier, Melchior, 1594-1665
Author:
Cordier, Robert
Date:
1627
Short Title:
Galliæ Antiquæ Descriptio Geographica
Publisher:
Melchior Tavernier
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Atlas Map
Type:
Wall Map
Obj Height cm:
108
Obj Width cm:
113
Scale 1:
Scale not determined.
Note:
1 map : copperplate engraving on 6 sheets, hand colour. Dedication in the top right corner, to Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême (1573-1650), illegitimate son of Charles IX. Short introduction to the map, including its classical sources, in the bottom left corner, in a decorative cartouche flanked by Mercury and Hercules, who stand on the branches of a shrub. Below, obscuring the trunk issuing these branches, is subsidiary cartouche noting Sanson's royal privilege. Two small scale bars along the bottom edge of the map. Cordier's signature in the bottom right, on a small sheet suspended from a hook. Surrounded by Latin descriptions of the regions of Gaul, formed into a u-shape around the map, with an extract from the text of the royal privilege in the bottom right corner, above Tavernier's imprint.
Country:
France
Region:
Gaul
Full Title:
Galliæ Antiquæ Descriptio Geographica, autore Nicolao Sanson Abbavillæo. Anno 1627. / Roberto Cordier sculpsit
List No:
10151.015
Page No:
BL System Number 004844027 Maps K.A.R.(12).
Series No:
15
Publication Author:
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Publication Author:
Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612
Publication Author:
Visscher, Claes Jansz
Publication Author:
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Publication Author:
Tassin, Christophe Nicolas
Pub Date:
1660
Pub Title:
(Klencke Atlas). Orbis Terræ Compendium, Carolo Secundo dedicatum a I. Kliencke (a Collection of Maps by Blaeu, Hondius, Visscher, &c.)
Pub Reference:
British Library Maps K.A.R. R. Shirley, The Mapping of the World: Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700, London, 1993, 2nd ed, pp. 392-6, no. 371. In the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829. .British Museum, Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829
Pub Note:
The Klencke Atlas resides at the British Library and we are grateful to them for providing scanned images of the atlas and complete catalog metadata as part of a joint project to scan and catalog the maps and atlases from the low countries of Europe that are part of the King George III Topographical Collections. From the British Library description: "The Klencke Atlas is one of the world's biggest: it measures 176 x 231 cm when open. It takes its name from Joannes Klencke, who presented it to Charles II on his restoration to the British thrones in 1660. Its size and its 40 or so large wall maps from the Golden Age of Dutch mapmaking were supposed to suggest that it contained all the knowledge in the world. At another level, it was a bribe intended to spur the King into granting Klencke and his associates trading privileges and titles. Charles, who was a map enthusiast, appreciated the gift. He placed the atlas with his most precious possessions in his cabinet of curiosities, and Klencke was knighted. Later generations have benefited too. The binding has protected the wall maps which have survived for us to enjoy - unlike the vast majority of other wall maps which, exposed to light, heat and dirt when hung on walls, have crumbled away. Titled 'Orbis Terræ Compendium, Carolo Secundo dedicatum a I. Kliencke. i.e. a Collection of Maps by Blaeu, Hondius, Visscher, &c. One Volume 5 feet 10 inches by 3 feet 2 inches." For more on the Klencke Atlas, see the British Library website, https://www.bl.uk/c…
Pub List No:
10151.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
42
Pub Height cm:
176
Pub Width cm:
116
Image No:
10151015.jp2
Authors:
Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667; Tavernier, Melchior, 1594-1665; Cordier, Robert
Link To Source
Galliæ Antiquæ Descriptio Geographica
