Nicolas Sanson, Pierre Mortier
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Iberian Peninsula
Spain, Portugal
"Hispaniae Antiquae Tabula Auctore N.
Sanson"
Map of the Iberian Peninsula, with the Balearic
Islands. Cartouche at lower right.
Copper engraving, with original outline colour,
after Nicolas Sanson, by Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam
c1700, 42 x 52 cm.
Outer margins with waterstains, otherwise
very good condition and very good impression.
€ 390,-
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Some details of the map:
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Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667). Also called Sanson
d'Abbéville. Royal geographer and publisher
in Paris. Founder of the French school of geography.
Pierre Mortier (1661-1711). Publisher of
atlases in Amsterdam. Issued maps made by N.
Sanson, Jaillot, N. de Fer, F. de Wit. His firm
was carried on by Covens & Mortier 1711.
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