From ThePrintsCollector, Zeeland, Netherlands
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AbeBooks Seller since April 3, 2017
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Antique print, titled: 'Carte genealogique dela maison de Nassau …' - ('Genealogical Chart of the House of Nassau'). Etching/engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Description: This print/map originates from: "Atlas Historique." (Historic Atlas.), Published by Zacharie Chatelain, Amsterdam, 1732. Published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720, (2nd edition in 1732). The maps were accompanied by information on cosmography, geography, history, genealogy, heraldry, and costumes of the world. The maps in the Atlas Historique were mainly based on those of the French cartographer, Guillaume De L'Isle, but were presented by Chatelain in an encyclopaedic form. Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'Henri Abraham Chatelain'. Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743), his father Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) and Zacharie Junior (1690-1754), worked as a partnership publishing the Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L'Histoire under several different Chatelain imprints, depending on the Chatelain family partnerships at the time of publication. Condition: Excellent, given age. Original folds, as issued. Published in two separate sheets, joined together (the joint reinforced with paper and acid-free archival tape to the rear). A tear from the lower margin into the image (causing loss of paper and chart, closed with contemporary paper backed with acid-free archival tape). Sheet a little browned near the middle fold. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: (TPCRC) TPC-P4-05 The overall size is ca. 38.1 x 16.7 inch. The image size is ca. 35.6 x 14.9 inch. The overall size is ca. 96.7 x 42.5 cm. The image size is ca. 90.3 x 37.8 cm. Seller Inventory # 50546
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