3776 - Robert de Vaugondy, copperplate map of Germany

Robert de Vaugondy, copperplate map of Germany bottom left: a cartouche typical of the period, labelled here ‘Germania Antiqua...’; the map depicts the various tribes and the region stretching from the Baltic Sea in the north, the Oder in the east, the Mediterranean in the south and the mouth of the Rhine in the west; a copperplate engraving with coloured borders; dated ‘1775’ in the cartouche; a partially torn fold in the centre; slight signs of wear; dimensions approx. 47 x 58 cm. Artist’s details: actually Didier Robert de Vaugondy, French geographer, cartographer, engraver, publisher and royal censor (1723, Paris - 1786), son of the royal geographer Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766) and great-grandson of the ‘father of French geography’ Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667); worked alongside his father and, in 1752, commissioned by Louis XV, terrestrial and celestial globes; collaborated with his father on the *Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers*, published between 1751 and 1780; appointed royal censor to the French Crown in 1772; worked in Paris; source: Internet.