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| Title | Carte De La Prevosté Et Vicomté De Paris Dressée sur un grand nombre de Memoires particuliers assujets aux Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Rle. des Sciences Par G. Delisle de la meme Academe A Paris Chez l'Auteur sur le Quay de l'Horloge avec Privilege Avril 1711 |
| Detailed view (zoom) | http://content.lib.washington.edu/mapsweb/images/Viewer/G5832_P35_1711_L5.html |
| Cartographer | L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
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| Engraver | Desrosiers
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| Century Published | 18th century
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| Publication Date | 1716 |
| Publisher | L'Isle, Guillaume de 1675-1726
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| Place of Publication | France--Paris |
| Original Source | "Atlas de Geographie." L'Isle, Guillaume de. Paris: Guillaume de L'Isle, 1731. |
| Descriptive Notes | Copper engraving handcolored with watercolor.
Color used only on major cities and on some roads.
Printed in top border:
"Carte De La Prevosté Et Vicomté De Paris Dressée sur un grand nombre de Memoires particuliers assujets aux Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Rle. des Sciences Par G. Delisle de la meme Academe A Paris Chez l'Auteur sur le Quay de l'Horloge avec Privilege Avril 1711."
Printed in lower left corner:
"Avertissement. Tous les lieux regis par la Coutume de Paris, et qui dependent de la Prevote et Vicomte de Paris sont marquez dans cette Carte a la reserve de quelquesuns qui sont eclavez dans les Provinces de Champagne et de Brie, que l'on trouvera dans les Cartes de ces Provinces que l'Auteur publiera dans la suite."
Printed beneath "Avertissement" is a scale comparing Parisian leagues and common French leagues.
Printed beneath scale:
"Des Rosiers fecit."
Written in ink in upper right corner:
"N. 31."
Depicts the region in France surrounding Paris including Hurepois, Brie, Vexin Francois, Normandie, Beauce and Gastinois. Includes the Seine River. Depicts pictorial forests and cities.
Scale: c.a. 1:195, 000. |
| Contextual Notes | Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726) was a cartographer and the Premier Geographer to the King in France beginning in 1718. His family played a significant part in the world of French cartography in the eighteenth century. At age 9, he drew his first map and at age 27 he became a member of the Académie Royale des Sciences. He studied under Jacques Cassini, acquiring knowledge in both mathematics and astronomy. Due to his academic background and his "critical approach to the maps of his predecessors" he became known as the first "scientific cartographer" (Moreland and Bannister, 132). Among his works are "Globe, map of the world and the four continents" (1700), "Atlas de Géographie" (1700-12), "Mississippi" (1701), "Carte du Mexique et de la Floride…" (c.a. 1703), "Carte de la Louisiane et du Mississippi" (1718) and posthumously, "Atlas Noveau" (1730 and later). Following his death, his widow took up the business with a partner, Philippe Buache (Tooley 395; Moreland and Bannister, 131-2).
This particular map was most likely published and removed from a copy of De L'Isle's "Atlas de Geographie."
Source(s):
David Rumsey Cartography Associates. "David Rumsey Collection: Carte de la Prevoste et Vicomte de Paris. Dressee sur un grand nombre." Accessed 20 Mar 2009.
Moreland, Carl and David Bannister. "Antique Maps: A Collector's Handbook." New York: Longman Group, Ltd., 1983.
National Library of Scotland. Catalog Record. Accessed 20 Mar 2009.
Tooley, Ronald Vere. "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers." Hertfordshire: Map Collector Publications Limited, 1979.
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| Language | French |
| Location Depicted | France--Paris
Europe, Western
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| Subjects (LCSH) | France (North)-Maps-Early works to 1800. |
| Digital Collection | World and Regional Maps, 16th to the 19th centuries
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| Digital ID Number | MAP031 |
| Ordering Information | For information about digital reproductions, please email photos@u.washington.edu. Please cite the Digital ID number. |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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| Repository Collection | Rare Map Collection. G5832 P35 1711 L5 (map uncataloged) |
| Physical Description | 49 x 64 cm. |
| Condition | Has binder's guard. Some browning around edges. Some color has bled through to verso. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original map at 600 dpi in TIFF format, resized and enhanced at 400 ppi using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using ContentDM's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| References | David Rumsey Cartography Associates, http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~2847~290034:Carte-de-la-Prevoste-et-Vicomte-de-?qvq=q:carte+de+la+prevoste+et+vicomte+de+paris;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=1&trs=2 . National Library of Scotland. |
