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Full title: Le Duch̩ et Gouvernement de Normandie, divis̩e en Haute et Bass̩ Normandie, en divers Pays; et par ��v̻chez, avec le Gouvernement G̩n̩ral du Havre de Grace. Par Sr. Sanson Geographe du Roy 1695.

A hand-colored, large folio map of Normandy from Atlas Nouveau Contenant Toutes Les Parties du Monde, ou Sont exactement Remarques Les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Estats, Republiques & Peuples qui fy trouuent a present... (Paris: Chez H. Iaillot, 1695) by Hubert Jaillot. At the top left corner is an inset that lists the "explication des marques" and in the top center is a cartouche flanked by flags with coats of arms and two tritons. Atlas Nouveau was first published by Jaillot in Paris in 1681 with 46 maps. Jaillot re-engraved, "edited," Nicolas Sanson's maps and published them as large, highly decorative atlases. This copy is colored in outline with relief shown pictorially.


cartography
1695-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Iaillot, Hubert; Sanson, Nicolas
ink; laid paper; color wash
24 3/4 in x 37 3/4 in
France: Paris