Le Royaume d'Escosse divisé en deux Parties, subdivisées en Provinces etc. Dressé par le P. Coronelli Cosmographe de la Serme. Rep. de Venise. Corrigée et augmenté par le Sr. Tillemon, et dediée a Monseigneur le Prince de Galles Fils de Jaques Second Roy d'Angleterre, d'Escosse, et d'Irlande. Par son tres humble Serviteur J. B. Nolin. A Paris, Chez J. B. Nolin sur le Quay de l’Horloge du Palais, proche la Rue de Harlay, a l'Enseigne de la Place des Victoires. Avec Privilege du Roy. 1689.
Map of Scotland. Title translates to: The Kingdom of Scotland divided into two parts, subdivided into Provinces etc. . Shows political boundaries, cities, ports, topography, vegetation, lakes, drainage, coastlines, shoals and islands. Relief shown pictorially. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal l...
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Chez I. B. Nolin
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| Summary: | Map of Scotland. Title translates to: The Kingdom of Scotland divided into two parts, subdivided into Provinces etc. . Shows political boundaries, cities, ports, topography, vegetation, lakes, drainage, coastlines, shoals and islands. Relief shown pictorially. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as a legend, three bar scales and explanatory notes. Decorative cartouche. With three inset maps: Les Isles de Ferro ou Farre -- Les Isles de Schetland -- Les Isles d'Orney ou Orcades. Black and white engraving with hand-colored borders. Map is 45 x 60 cm, on double sheet 50 x 67 cm. (Plate number handwritten in ink on verso.) Cartes generales des Royaumes de l'Europe et des particuliers de France, world atlas by Jean Baptiste Nolin; published in Paris, 1693. Title translates to: General maps of the Kingdoms of Europe and of France. Atlas is a combination of print and manuscript. Illustration on title page combines printed with hand-painted imagery; table of contents is a manuscript list. Bound in leather, with spine in seven gilded compartments separated by raised bands; second compartment with red morocco title piece in gilded letters. Collation: [2] pages, [1] leaf of plates, 1-9, 9A, 10-47 leaves of plates, [1] page (first and last pages blank). Plates contain 48 maps (one per plate). World map plate provides a variety of global projections. Other geographic coverage includes Europe, especially France, Germany and the British Isles, as well as Asia, Africa and North and South America. Maps show political boundaries, cities, ports, forts, railways, topography, lakes, drainage, coastlines, shoals, islands, soundings, anchorage and ocean routes. Maps of the Americas feature the territories of indigenous peoples therein. Maps include extensive explanatory notes. Dates on maps vary, ranging from 1680 to 1699. "Rare Pre-Publication State of J.B. Nolin's Folio World Atlas A fantastic Nolin world atlas (with one added map by Tassin), constituting quite possibly the earliest surviving prototype atlas for ... |
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