South America, by Hubert Jaillot. c. 1691-97
Alexis-Hubert JAILLOT (1632-1712)
A.-H. Jaillot first started as a sculptor. In 1664 he married Jeanne Berey, daughter of the publisher and dealer of prints Nicolas I Berey. Jaillot soon rushed into the print business due to his father-in-law's deaths in 1665 and his brother-in-law in 1667. In 1668, A.-H. Jaillot and his wife acquire the Berey fund's geographical part, which consists of globes, maps, city views and atlases. He becomes the tenant of his father-in-law's shop, Aux Deux Globes, which he buys two years later.
Jaillot enters into an agreement with Guillaume Sanson to publish his maps that will form his Atlas Nouveau's embryo. Sanson undertakes to obtain the privilege for his maps for twenty years and to cede it to Jaillot, as is the custom. Jaillot, for its part, takes care of the engraving, printing and sale of the maps. He engages engravers, François Caumartin and Louis Cordier, to engrave his maps.
A conflict arises between Jaillot and Sanson, and in 1674 it comes to a lawsuit. In 1677 they came back to an agreement.
The Atlas Nouveau first appeared in 1681 and brought great prosperity to his publisher. Jaillot owes him his title of the geographer to the king, awarded on July 20, 1686. He continues to issue maps and signs more and more himself. In 1695, he published the Atlas Français, two-thirds of which are his maps and only one third by Sanson.
A.H. Jaillot dies in 1712 and leaves a vast trading fund.
L'Amerique Meridionale Divisee en ses Principales Parties. [Above map:] America Meridionalis in suas Praecipuas Partes Accurate Divisa, ad Usum Serenissimi Burgundiae Ducis.
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Antique map of South America, by Hubert Jaillot.
Title: L'Amerique Meridionale Divisee en ses Principales Parties. [Above map:] America Meridionalis in suas Praecipuas Partes Accurate Divisa, ad Usum Serenissimi Burgundiae Ducis.
Présenté à Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne.
Par Son Tres humble et tres Obeissant Serviteur H. Jaillot.
A Paris, 1694.
Date: c. 1691-97.
Date on map: 1694.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Map size: 480 x 610mm (18.9 x 24.02 inches).
Sheet size: 540 x 630mm (21.26 x 24.8 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Original coloured, green colour (verdigris) turned brown, verdigris areas reinforced at the back.
Condition Rating: B+.
From: De Wit Atlas. Amsterdam, c. 1691-97. (Composite)
Alexis-Hubert JAILLOT (1632-1712)
A.-H. Jaillot first started as a sculptor. In 1664 he married Jeanne Berey, daughter of the publisher and dealer of prints Nicolas I Berey. Jaillot soon rushed into the print business due to his father-in-law's deaths in 1665 and his brother-in-law in 1667. In 1668, A.-H. Jaillot and his wife acquire the Berey fund's geographical part, which consists of globes, maps, city views and atlases. He becomes the tenant of his father-in-law's shop, Aux Deux Globes, which he buys two years later.
Jaillot enters into an agreement with Guillaume Sanson to publish his maps that will form his Atlas Nouveau's embryo. Sanson undertakes to obtain the privilege for his maps for twenty years and to cede it to Jaillot, as is the custom. Jaillot, for its part, takes care of the engraving, printing and sale of the maps. He engages engravers, François Caumartin and Louis Cordier, to engrave his maps.
A conflict arises between Jaillot and Sanson, and in 1674 it comes to a lawsuit. In 1677 they came back to an agreement.
The Atlas Nouveau first appeared in 1681 and brought great prosperity to his publisher. Jaillot owes him his title of the geographer to the king, awarded on July 20, 1686. He continues to issue maps and signs more and more himself. In 1695, he published the Atlas Français, two-thirds of which are his maps and only one third by Sanson.
A.H. Jaillot dies in 1712 and leaves a vast trading fund.
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