Rare first edition of the important Coronelli-Nolin map of North America
North and Central America by Vincenzo Coronelli, published by J.B. Nolin. 1689
In 1689, with Coronelli's agreement, Jean Baptiste Nolin published in Paris this reduced-sheet version of Coronelli's large two-sheet America Settentrionale, dated 1688. It incorporated all of the advances and introductions of the larger work.
Jean-Baptiste Nolin (1657-1708)
Son of an engraver from rue Saint-Jacques, Jean-Baptiste Nolin and his brother François chose the same profession. In December 1694, Jean-Baptiste became geographer to the Duke of Orléans, brother of Louis XIV; on the death of "Monsieur" in 1701, he received the title of Geographer to the King. Nolin's meeting with Father Coronelli led him to specialise in geography. Coronelli entrusted him, in 1686, with the engraving of his celestial globe and 28 maps. In 1688, he left rue Saint-Jacques, the traditional area of engravers, to settle on the Quai de l'Horloge, where geographers and merchants of scientific instruments gathered. He was not an expert in geography, so he mainly engaged in plagiarism, which earned him a resounding lawsuit for counterfeiting won by Guillaume Delisle in 1706.
The four atlases that Nolin published are pretty rare.
Jean-Baptiste Nolin II (1686-1762), his son, continued his father's business.
Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718)
Vincenzo Coronelli was born in Venice on 16 August 1650 and primarily brought up in Ravenna. He returned to Venice in 1665 and joined the convent of the Minor Conventuals. Five years later, he was sent to Rome to study, and by 1673, he was already a doctor of theology.
Having achieved fame by constructing two globes for the Duke of Parma, he was invited to Paris for three years in 1681 and made two enormous examples for Louis XIV. On his return to Venice, he assiduously collected cartographic material and founded the Academy of the Argonauts. In 1685, he was appointed Cosmographer to the Republic of Venice and authorised to publish a large atlas. He became a geography lecturer at the University of Venice and brought out an Atlante Veneto the following year.
In 1696, he visited Germany, Holland and southern England. During intervals in compiling his vast encyclopaedia, he continued with cartographic projects up to 1709. He died in his native Venice on 9 December 1718.
Coronelli became famous for his globes. In addition, he was a renowned encyclopaedist, mapmaker and geographer. Most of his maps and other material are gathered in his Atlante Veneto (13 vols, 1690-1705). The first volume, subtitled Descrizione generale istorica geografica, was his masterpiece, planned as an extension of Blaeu’s atlas.
Other volumes of the atlas which contain maps are Isolario, two parts (1696-8), with detailed maps and plans, mostly of islands; Corso geografico, two parts based on the edition 1694-7; Libro de’ globi (1697); and Lo Specchio del Mare, a reprint of Levanto's Lo Specchio del Mare Mediterraneo of 1664.
The other vital aspects of his mapping are those arising from the Venetian conquest and his travels. His most extensive military compilation was the Teatro della Guerra, in more than 30 volumes.
L'Amerique Septentrionale, ou la Partie Septentrionale des Indes Occidentales.
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Category: Antique maps > America > Central America
North America by Vincenzo Coronelli, published by J.B. Nolin.
Title: L'Amerique Septentrionale, ou la Partie Septentrionale des Indes Occidentales.
Dressée sur les Memoires les plus Nouveaux et Dediée A son Excellence Monseigneur Pierre Venier, Ambassadeur ordinaire de la Serenissime Republique de Venise, pres de sa Majesté tres Chrestienne Lovis Le Grand.
Par le P. Coronelli, Cosmographe de la Ser.me Republique de Venise.
A Paris Chez I.B. Nolin, sur le Quay de l'Horloge du Palais, proche la Rue de Harlay, a l'Enseigne de la Place des Victoires.
Avec Privilege du Roy. 1689.
Insular California
Date of the first edition: 1689.
Date of this map: 1689.
Date on map: 1689.
First state (of three).
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Image size: 445 x 590mm (17.52 x 23.23 inches).
Sheet size: 475 x 645mm (18.7 x 25.39 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Original coloured in outline, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.
Separate publication.
In 1689, with Coronelli's agreement, Jean Baptiste Nolin published in Paris this reduced-sheet version of Coronelli's large two-sheet America Settentrionale, dated 1688. It incorporated all of the advances and introductions of the larger work.
Jean-Baptiste Nolin (1657-1708)
Son of an engraver from rue Saint-Jacques, Jean-Baptiste Nolin and his brother François chose the same profession. In December 1694, Jean-Baptiste became geographer to the Duke of Orléans, brother of Louis XIV; on the death of "Monsieur" in 1701, he received the title of Geographer to the King. Nolin's meeting with Father Coronelli led him to specialise in geography. Coronelli entrusted him, in 1686, with the engraving of his celestial globe and 28 maps. In 1688, he left rue Saint-Jacques, the traditional area of engravers, to settle on the Quai de l'Horloge, where geographers and merchants of scientific instruments gathered. He was not an expert in geography, so he mainly engaged in plagiarism, which earned him a resounding lawsuit for counterfeiting won by Guillaume Delisle in 1706.
The four atlases that Nolin published are pretty rare.
Jean-Baptiste Nolin II (1686-1762), his son, continued his father's business.
Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718)
Vincenzo Coronelli was born in Venice on 16 August 1650 and primarily brought up in Ravenna. He returned to Venice in 1665 and joined the convent of the Minor Conventuals. Five years later, he was sent to Rome to study, and by 1673, he was already a doctor of theology.
Having achieved fame by constructing two globes for the Duke of Parma, he was invited to Paris for three years in 1681 and made two enormous examples for Louis XIV. On his return to Venice, he assiduously collected cartographic material and founded the Academy of the Argonauts. In 1685, he was appointed Cosmographer to the Republic of Venice and authorised to publish a large atlas. He became a geography lecturer at the University of Venice and brought out an Atlante Veneto the following year.
In 1696, he visited Germany, Holland and southern England. During intervals in compiling his vast encyclopaedia, he continued with cartographic projects up to 1709. He died in his native Venice on 9 December 1718.
Coronelli became famous for his globes. In addition, he was a renowned encyclopaedist, mapmaker and geographer. Most of his maps and other material are gathered in his Atlante Veneto (13 vols, 1690-1705). The first volume, subtitled Descrizione generale istorica geografica, was his masterpiece, planned as an extension of Blaeu’s atlas.
Other volumes of the atlas which contain maps are Isolario, two parts (1696-8), with detailed maps and plans, mostly of islands; Corso geografico, two parts based on the edition 1694-7; Libro de’ globi (1697); and Lo Specchio del Mare, a reprint of Levanto's Lo Specchio del Mare Mediterraneo of 1664.
The other vital aspects of his mapping are those arising from the Venetian conquest and his travels. His most extensive military compilation was the Teatro della Guerra, in more than 30 volumes.
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