Null Jean-Baptiste NOLIN (1657 - 1708)
Lot of nine maps related to Northern Ital…

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Jean-Baptiste NOLIN (1657 - 1708) Lot of nine maps related to Northern Italy including: The Duchy of Modena, The Paduan, The Duchy of Mantua, Map of the Bressan, Map of the territory of Vicennal, Map of the territory of Verona, The Duchy of Ferrara, The County of Cremona and The Duchy of Milan. About 1700. The sheets: about H. 33 cm - L. 47 cm. Some defects, foxing, etc. A new political map and itinerary of Italy by Hyacinthe LANGLOIS is attached. The sheet : H. 62 cm - L. 55 cm. Emargée on the left. Defects, folded in four.

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Jean-Baptiste NOLIN (1657 - 1708) Lot of nine maps related to Northern Italy including: The Duchy of Modena, The Paduan, The Duchy of Mantua, Map of the Bressan, Map of the territory of Vicennal, Map of the territory of Verona, The Duchy of Ferrara, The County of Cremona and The Duchy of Milan. About 1700. The sheets: about H. 33 cm - L. 47 cm. Some defects, foxing, etc. A new political map and itinerary of Italy by Hyacinthe LANGLOIS is attached. The sheet : H. 62 cm - L. 55 cm. Emargée on the left. Defects, folded in four.

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HUBERT GAUTIER (Nîmes, 1660-1737). French engraving-map from the end of the 17th century. "Le Diocese de l'Eveche de Nismes" . Illuminated engraving. Texts in French. Dirt, damp stains, cracks, wrinkles and some tears. Measurements: 49 x 68 cm . Map representing the surroundings of Nîmes, by the architect Hubert Gautier, named in 1689 engineer of the province of Languedoc, and dedicated to Esprit Fléchier, authorizing the map and bishop of Nîmes. It is adorned with a title cartouche decorated with three angels bearing the coat of arms of the dedicatee, a plan of the city carried by angels and decorated with the coat of arms of the city and two medals, a perspective elevation of the amphitheatre, a façade of the Pont du Gard, a façade and plan of the Maison Carrée, and profiles of the Temple of Diana. Fort Peccais and the main towns (Nîmes, Beaucaire, Tarascon, Sommières and Sauve). Published in Paris by Jean-Baptiste Nolin . Hubert Gautier initially studied Humanities and Philosophy in his hometown, then went to Orange to study Medicine, where he obtained his Doctorate. Attracted by science and mathematics, he was later appointed Engineer to the King, working on important works such as the Vauban fort in Nîmes (until 1688) and obtaining a post as an engineer in Languedoc in 1689, where he converted to Catholicism. He also worked on the Coursan bridge and the Canal du Midi. Shortly afterwards he published his great work on road engineering: the Traité de la Construction des Chemins (1693). In this work, Gautier wrote a technical text containing sketches and drawings of sections, elevations and perspectives. Hubert Gautier was one of the first inspectors of the Corps des Ponts et Causeways created in France in 1716. Jean-Baptiste Nolin (1657?-1708) was a French cartographer and engraver. Son of the Parisian engraver Jean Nolin. He was a pupil of the Royal engraver, Nicolas de Poilly. In 1688, Jean-Baptiste Nolin specialised in geography; he became geographer to the Duke of Orleans (1694), then geographer to the king (1701).

Estim. 13 000 - 15 000 EUR

Nolin, Jean Baptiste. Le Theatre du monde ... contenant les cartes generales et particulieres des royaumes et et etats qui le composent. Paris, by the author, [1668-1746]. In 2nd (540 x 374 mm). Engraved frontispiece followed by 99 maps, 95 of which are double-page or folded with beautiful coeval coloring of the boundaries except for the "Plan routier de la ville et faubg. de Paris" (halo to upper margin, a few maps also with halo to lower margin, a few papers with wormhole to white margin, traces of censorship likely post-French Revolution to cartouches with royal coats of arms, a few tears and stains). Coeval bindings in bazzana with friezes and title in gold on spine (delicate restorations). Composite atlas containing among others the beautiful world map with ten vignettes, Siam of 1742 with the beautiful cartouche depicting an elephant, the result of Nolin's collaboration with Coronelli, America, the "partie orientale" and "occidentale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France," the "Nouveau Mexique" and the "Archipelague du Mexique."

3-piece bundle of copper engravings, consisting of: 1x L'Allemagne le Long du Rhein, 1702 (Nolin, Jean-Baptiste (1657 - 1725)), 1x Il Corso del Fiume Reno, 1689 (Cantelli, Giacomo (1643 - 1695)) and 1x Li Circoli dell' Alto e Basso Reno, Roma, 1797 (Cassini, Giovanni Maria (1745 - 1824)), various sizes. Condition: reference to previous inspection.

Estim. 1 500 - 2 000 EUR

Attributed to Jan Baptist van der MEIREN (1644-c. 1708) A caravan at rest near a fountain Canvas Height: 51.7 cm Width: 63.4 cm Old restorations

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