Plan de la Ville d Ozaca et de son Chateau
| Reference: | S46648 |
| Author | Jacques Nicolas BELLIN |
| Year: | 1736 |
| Zone: | Osaka |
| Printed: | Paris |
| Measures: | 305 x 206 mm |
€200.00
| Reference: | S46648 |
| Author | Jacques Nicolas BELLIN |
| Year: | 1736 |
| Zone: | Osaka |
| Printed: | Paris |
| Measures: | 305 x 206 mm |
€200.00
Description
Rare early plan of Osaka depicts the grid-like street pattern of the city straddling the Yodo River. The large Osaka Castle is prominently featured. A lettered key below the title identifies 8 places of interest, including the governor's palace and a temple with 363 idols; engraved by Guilluame Dheulland in Paris.
Map taken from the early editon of the Histoire et description générale du Japon by Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix, printed A Paris, Chez Julien-Michel Gandouin, 1736.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - March 21, 1772) was born in Paris. He was a hydrographer for the French Hydrographic Office, a member of the Académie de Marine and the Royal Society of London. In his 50-year career he produced a large number of charts of special interest to the Ministère de la Marine.
Etching, usual editorial folds, in very good condition.
Bibliografia
Shirley (BL Atlases) G.CHAR-2a #4.
Jacques Nicolas BELLIN (1703 - 1772)
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Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772) was one of the most important cartographers of the 18th century.
With a career spanning some 50 years, Bellin is best understood as transitional mapmaker spanning the gap
between 18th and early 19th century cartographic styles. His long career as Hydrographer and Ingénieur
Hydrographe at the French Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine resulted in hundreds of high quality
nautical charts of practically everywhere in the world. Bellin's work focuses on function and accuracy
tending in the process to be less decorative than the earlier 17th and 18th century cartographic work. In
addition to numerous maps and charts published during his lifetime, many of Bellin's maps were updated
(or not) and published posthumously. He was succeeded as Ingénieur Hydrographe by his student, also a prolific and influential cartographer, Rigobert Bonne.
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Jacques Nicolas BELLIN (1703 - 1772)
|
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772) was one of the most important cartographers of the 18th century.
With a career spanning some 50 years, Bellin is best understood as transitional mapmaker spanning the gap
between 18th and early 19th century cartographic styles. His long career as Hydrographer and Ingénieur
Hydrographe at the French Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine resulted in hundreds of high quality
nautical charts of practically everywhere in the world. Bellin's work focuses on function and accuracy
tending in the process to be less decorative than the earlier 17th and 18th century cartographic work. In
addition to numerous maps and charts published during his lifetime, many of Bellin's maps were updated
(or not) and published posthumously. He was succeeded as Ingénieur Hydrographe by his student, also a prolific and influential cartographer, Rigobert Bonne.
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