V. Feuille
| Reference: | S30311 |
| Author | Joseph ROUX |
| Year: | 1764 |
| Zone: | Sardinia |
| Printed: | Marsiglia |
| Measures: | 820 x 585 mm |
€775.00
| Reference: | S30311 |
| Author | Joseph ROUX |
| Year: | 1764 |
| Zone: | Sardinia |
| Printed: | Marsiglia |
| Measures: | 820 x 585 mm |
€775.00
Description
Sea chart of the central Mediterranean sea. The chart is about Sardinia, but it also depicts Minorca, the Western part od Sicily and the African coasts from Cape Bon, with Tunisia and Algeria.
The chart is the fifth out of twelve sheets which are part of the Mediterranean pilot book of Roux, entitled "Carte de la Mer Mediterranee en douze feuilles" Copper engraving, printed on light-blue paper, nice hand colouring, in excellent condition.
Literature
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L. Piloni, "Carte geografiche della Sardegna", tav. LXXIII
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Joseph ROUX (Attivo nella seconda metà del XVIII sec.)
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Joseph Roux was a Marseilles hydrographer who both published and as well manufactured and sold charts, navigating instruments and related nautical equipment.
At about the mid-century, he received the right to be called "Hidrographe du Roy," and in 1764 published a series of 12 charts of the Mediterranean; he simultaneously published this smaller format atlas of 65 harbor charts. Several editions followed until well into the 19th century, both in France and in Italy, all enlarged. Some were by Roux himself, some were pirated.
Sanderson, The Sea Chart, p. 91, calls this "a popular book," but few examples survive, and all editions are rare
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Literature
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L. Piloni, "Carte geografiche della Sardegna", tav. LXXIII
|
Joseph ROUX (Attivo nella seconda metà del XVIII sec.)
|
Joseph Roux was a Marseilles hydrographer who both published and as well manufactured and sold charts, navigating instruments and related nautical equipment.
At about the mid-century, he received the right to be called "Hidrographe du Roy," and in 1764 published a series of 12 charts of the Mediterranean; he simultaneously published this smaller format atlas of 65 harbor charts. Several editions followed until well into the 19th century, both in France and in Italy, all enlarged. Some were by Roux himself, some were pirated.
Sanderson, The Sea Chart, p. 91, calls this "a popular book," but few examples survive, and all editions are rare
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