Carte du gouvernement de la cour d'Espagne de ses ordres militaires de son gouvernement eclesiastique et celuy des autres et
Reference: | MS2698 |
Author | Henri Abraham CHATELAIN |
Year: | 1708 ca. |
Zone: | Madrid |
Printed: | Amsterdam |
Measures: | 400 x 335 mm |
Reference: | MS2698 |
Author | Henri Abraham CHATELAIN |
Year: | 1708 ca. |
Zone: | Madrid |
Printed: | Amsterdam |
Measures: | 400 x 335 mm |
Description
This folio sheet identifies the structure of the government of Spain.
Engravings show El Escorial, the historic residence of the King of Spain, the royal palace in Madrid and a bullfight in the Plaza Mayor in Madrid.
From "Atlas Historique", published in Amsterdam between 1705 and 1720.
Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 - 1743) was a Huguenot pastor of Parisian origins. He is best known as a Dutch cartographer and more specifically for his cartographic contribution in the seminal seven volume Atlas Historique, published in Amsterdam between 1705 and 1720. Innovative for its time, the Atlas Historique combined fine engraving and artwork with scholarly studies of geography, history, ethnology, heraldry, and cosmography. Some scholarship suggests that the Atlas Historique was not exclusively compiled by Henri Chatelain, as is commonly believed, but rather was a family enterprise involving Henri, his father Zacharie and his brother, also Zacharie.
Fine later hand colour, very good condition.
Henri Abraham CHATELAIN (1684 - 1743)
Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 - 1743) was a Huguenot pastor of Parisian origins. He is best known as a Dutch cartographer and more specifically for his cartographic contribution in the seminal seven volume Atlas Historique, published in Amsterdam between 1705 and 1720. Innovative for its time, the Atlas Historique combined fine engraving and artwork with scholarly studies of geography, history, ethnology, heraldry, and cosmography. Some scholarship suggests that the Atlas Historique was not exclusively compiled by Henri Chatelain, as is commonly believed, but rather was a family enterprise involving Henri, his father Zacharie and his brother, also Zacharie. The Atlas Historique published by Chatelain was part of a major work of its time, an encyclopaedia in seven volumes including geography as one of its main subjectes. The text was by Nicholas Gueudeville and the maps by Chatelain. The Atlas included one of the finest maps of America (4 sheets) surrounded by vignettes and decorative insets.
1705-20 Atlas Historique:Amsterdam (maps by Chatelain based on G.Delisle)
Further issues to 1739
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Henri Abraham CHATELAIN (1684 - 1743)
Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 - 1743) was a Huguenot pastor of Parisian origins. He is best known as a Dutch cartographer and more specifically for his cartographic contribution in the seminal seven volume Atlas Historique, published in Amsterdam between 1705 and 1720. Innovative for its time, the Atlas Historique combined fine engraving and artwork with scholarly studies of geography, history, ethnology, heraldry, and cosmography. Some scholarship suggests that the Atlas Historique was not exclusively compiled by Henri Chatelain, as is commonly believed, but rather was a family enterprise involving Henri, his father Zacharie and his brother, also Zacharie. The Atlas Historique published by Chatelain was part of a major work of its time, an encyclopaedia in seven volumes including geography as one of its main subjectes. The text was by Nicholas Gueudeville and the maps by Chatelain. The Atlas included one of the finest maps of America (4 sheets) surrounded by vignettes and decorative insets.
1705-20 Atlas Historique:Amsterdam (maps by Chatelain based on G.Delisle)
Further issues to 1739
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