C 1680 (55 results)

Sin especificar. Condition: Nuevo.

Original Kupferstich-Portrait von ca. 1750. -- Blatt-Maße: ca. 25 x 18 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Original copper engraved portrait from c. 1750 -- in good condition. || // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine, scarce engraved portrait. Plate size 12.5 x10 ins, 32 x 25 cms. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Mount size approx. 13 x 11 in, 34 x 28 cm. Attractive, decorative and unusual. A portrait of Thomas Blood.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927. First edition. xviii,[ii],88pp. Portrait frontispiece. §Tudor & Stuart Library series. Original white paper boards, black lettering, blind-decoration. Spine a little darkened, slight soiling to boards. An uncirculated ex-college library copy with label to front pastedown, number and blind-stamp to title, and same blind-stamp to several leaves. In other respects a very good copy.

Hardcover. [32], 521, [31: index and royal approbation] p.: front.: Tobit with the Angel Raphael; 17 cm. [First printed in 1727] Fair contemp. sheep, 5 raised bands. Joints cracked, dampstained.

Schöner, großformatiger Kupferstich. -- Blatt-Maße: ca. 54 x 40 cm. Plattenmaße: ca. 39 x 27,5 cm. -- im Außenrand leicht gebräunt, sonst gut erhalten. || Beautiful, large copper engraving -- slightly browned on the outside, otherwise in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 35.

Großer original Kupferstich von Louis de Surugue de Surgis (1686-1762) und Nicolas Chasteau (1680-c. 1750) nach einem Gemälde/Zeichnung von Baldassare Peruzzi (1481-1536). -- Von ca. 1728. -- Blatt-Maße: ca. 54 x 40 cm. Plattenmaße: ca. 38 x 27 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Large original copper engraving by Louis de Surugue de Surgis (1686-1762) and Nicolas Chasteau (1680-c. 1750) after a painting/drawing by Baldassare Peruzzi (1481-1536). -- From c. 1728. -- in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 35.

Großer original Kupferstich von Simon de la Vallee (1680-c.1730) nach einem Gemälde/Zeichnung von Girolamo Muziano (1532-1592). -- Von ca. 1728. -- Blatt-Maße: ca. 55 x 40 cm. Plattenmaße: ca. 45 x 33 cm. -- im unteren Blattrand mit hinterlegtem Randeinrissen bis knapp über den Plattenrand, sonst gut erhalten. || Large original copper engraving by Simon de la Vallee (1680-c.1730) after a painting/drawing by Girolamo Muziano (1532-1592). -- From c. 1728. -- with a deposited tear on the lower margin that goes slightly over the plate margin, otherwise in good condition. || Dies ist ein Original! - Kein Nachdruck! - Keine Kopie! -- This is an original! No copy! - No reprint! // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1550.

In-8° (cm. 24,4x15,7), pp. 12. Brossura verde edit. (con vistose bruniture marginali). Le prime 8 pagine inquadrano i progtti antichie recenti di vie navigabili in PIEMONTE. le ultime 4 pp. contengono la relazione del Conte CAYS, che, avendo visto e descritto il canale del Languedoc racconta un sopraluogo di esperti francesi a CUNEO, e poi a TORINO, per configurare un canale da Madonna dell'Olmo a Torino e immaginare depositi di SALE da far passare dalla valle di Saint Martin a Torino per il Colle delle Finestre.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1907, First Edition, Second Impression. In a fine full leather binding (unsigned). Attractive gilt decorated binding with gilt decoration to the spine compartments and both boards, inner gilt dentelles with marbled endpapers and paste downs. [viii], 310pp. Provenance: "To Beatrice from Frank" to the front end paper. Approximately 6 ¾ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles, five raised bands, gilt decoration to compartments. Joints very good condition sound. Corners very good condition gently bumped and worn. Boards very good condition full morocco boards with extensive gilt decoration, minor marks and rubbing. Page edges good condition all gilt minor marks and scratches. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound. Paste downs good condition gilt filet to leather turn-ins, marbled paper. End papers good condition marbled paper, offset tanning to the edges from the leather. Title good condition lightly tanned. Pages good condition lightly tanned throughout with minor foxing. Binding very good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1907 Binding: Hardback.

Schöner, großformatiger Kupferstich. -- Blatt-Maße: ca. 54 x 40 cm. Plattenmaße: ca. 42 x 31 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Beautiful, large copper engraving -- in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 35.

No Binding. Condition: Fair. Portrait of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Born 24 February 1500 in Ghent, Belgium. Died 21 September 1558 in Cuacos de Yuste, Spain. Copper engraving by Jan Franciscus de Ruelles (fl. c. 1666 - c. 1680), c. 1680. Reasonable condition. Paper a bit browned and slightly soiled. Small upper and right margins. A very faint stain in the lower right corner (affecting the image). The right margin a bit uneven. A faint stain affecting the image. Verso: blank. Dimensions: 139 x 79 mm. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor was Aristocrat, King of Spain, King, Duke, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor, Archduke of Austria, Lord of the Netherlands, King of Germany, King of Italy, Duke of Burgundy, Archduke, Member of the House of Habsburg, "Keizer Karel", and Son of Philips the Handsome. c. 1680. Print.

Condition: Good. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde répresénté dans des cartes générales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre, : divisé tant en ses quatre principales parties que par états et provinces et orné par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises, les palais, les maisons de plaisance, les iardins, les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705, the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences, and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer's detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer's mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer's major works is an atlas titled L'atlas curieux (The curious atlas).

Condition: Good. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Loss fof paper and borderline upper left.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde répresénté dans des cartes générales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre, : divisé tant en ses quatre principales parties que par états et provinces et orné par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises, les palais, les maisons de plaisance, les iardins, les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705, the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences, and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer's detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer's mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer's major works is an atlas titled L'atlas curieux (The curious atlas).

Condition: Good. Engraved map. One fold. Worm hole in lower margin 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde répresénté dans des cartes générales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre, : divisé tant en ses quatre principales parties que par états et provinces et orné par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises, les palais, les maisons de plaisance, les iardins, les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705, the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences, and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer's detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer's mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer's major works is an atlas titled L'atlas curieux (The curious atlas).

Condition: Good. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde répresénté dans des cartes générales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre, : divisé tant en ses quatre principales parties que par états et provinces et orné par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises, les palais, les maisons de plaisance, les iardins, les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705, the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences, and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer's detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer's mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer's major works is an atlas titled L'atlas curieux (The curious atlas).

Condition: Good. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde répresénté dans des cartes générales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre, : divisé tant en ses quatre principales parties que par états et provinces et orné par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises, les palais, les maisons de plaisance, les iardins, les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705, the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences, and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer's detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer's mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer's major works is an atlas titled L'atlas curieux (The curious atlas).

Condition: Good. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde répresénté dans des cartes générales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre, : divisé tant en ses quatre principales parties que par états et provinces et orné par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises, les palais, les maisons de plaisance, les iardins, les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705, the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences, and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer's detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer's mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer's major works is an atlas titled L'atlas curieux (The curious atlas).

Condition: Good. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde répresénté dans des cartes générales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre, : divisé tant en ses quatre principales parties que par états et provinces et orné par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises, les palais, les maisons de plaisance, les iardins, les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705, the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences, and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer's detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer's mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer's major works is an atlas titled L'atlas curieux (The curious atlas).

Condition: Good. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38cm and 27.3 x 39.5cm. Fold on right side.lContemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde répresénté dans des cartes générales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre, : divisé tant en ses quatre principales parties que par états et provinces et orné par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises, les palais, les maisons de plaisance, les iardins, les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705, the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences, and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer's detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer's mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer's major works is an atlas titled L'atlas curieux (The curious atlas).

Condition: Good. Engraved map. One fold. Worm hole in lower margin 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde répresénté dans des cartes générales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre, : divisé tant en ses quatre principales parties que par états et provinces et orné par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises, les palais, les maisons de plaisance, les iardins, les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705, the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences, and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer's detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer's mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer's major works is an atlas titled L'atlas curieux (The curious atlas).

Condition: Good. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde répresénté dans des cartes générales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre, : divisé tant en ses quatre principales parties que par états et provinces et orné par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises, les palais, les maisons de plaisance, les iardins, les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705, the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences, and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer's detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer's mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer's major works is an atlas titled L'atlas curieux (The curious atlas).

Condition: Good. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde répresénté dans des cartes générales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre, : divisé tant en ses quatre principales parties que par états et provinces et orné par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises, les palais, les maisons de plaisance, les iardins, les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705, the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences, and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer's detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer's mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer's major works is an atlas titled L'atlas curieux (The curious atlas).

Condition: Good. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde répresénté dans des cartes générales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre, : divisé tant en ses quatre principales parties que par états et provinces et orné par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises, les palais, les maisons de plaisance, les iardins, les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705, the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences, and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer's detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer's mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer's major works is an atlas titled L'atlas curieux (The curious atlas).

Condition: Good. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde répresénté dans des cartes générales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre, : divisé tant en ses quatre principales parties que par états et provinces et orné par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises, les palais, les maisons de plaisance, les iardins, les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705, the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences, and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer's detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer's mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer's major works is an atlas titled L'atlas curieux (The curious atlas).

Condition: Good. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde répresénté dans des cartes générales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre, : divisé tant en ses quatre principales parties que par états et provinces et orné par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises, les palais, les maisons de plaisance, les iardins, les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705, the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences, and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer's detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer's mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer's major works is an atlas titled L'atlas curieux (The curious atlas).

Frontispiece to the publication 'Kort bericht van het onderscheyd der evangelisch-luthersche en roomsch-catholyke leere, of Euangelisch handboek, waar in [.] de waare leer der euangelisch-lutherschen onwedersprekelyk beweezen [.] word', by Matthias Höe von Höenegg, published in Amsterdam in 1735 by Gustavus Martini.The illustration shows the different members of the various religions discussed in the publication, gathered on the left. On the right, towards the background, a round temple.The title of the publication is impressed on a piece of stone on the right foreground.Signed at bottom right: J. C. Philips sculp. dir.With the date and the address of the publisher below: t' Amsterdam by Gustavus Martini, 1735. Etching and engraving on paper, total: 154 x 94 mm; some staining and some damages on the external margins, some rubbing, otherwise in good condition.

Condition: Good. Engraved map. One fold. 27.3 x 51cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde répresénté dans des cartes générales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre, : divisé tant en ses quatre principales parties que par états et provinces et orné par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises, les palais, les maisons de plaisance, les iardins, les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705, the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences, and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer's detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer's mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer's major works is an atlas titled L'atlas curieux (The curious atlas).

Condition: Good. Engraved text broadside and engraved map.Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde répresénté dans des cartes générales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre, : divisé tant en ses quatre principales parties que par états et provinces et orné par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises, les palais, les maisons de plaisance, les iardins, les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705, the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences, and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer's detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer's mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer's major works is an atlas titled L'atlas curieux (The curious atlas).

Condition: Good. Engraved map. One fold. Worm holes in lower marginEach 27.3 x 64.2 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde répresénté dans des cartes générales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre, : divisé tant en ses quatre principales parties que par états et provinces et orné par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises, les palais, les maisons de plaisance, les iardins, les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705, the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences, and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer's detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer's mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer's major works is an atlas titled L'atlas curieux (The curious atlas).