Alexander's Expeditions by Pierre Duval. 1655
Pierre Duval (Abbeville, 1618 - 1683)
French geographer, nephew and pupil of Nicolas Sanson. He was encouraged by Louis XIV to move to Paris. In 1650 he became Géographe Ordinaire du Roy.
Pierre Mariette (1602-1658)
Bookseller, printseller, printer, and publisher, located in the Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris. On February 12, 1644, Pierre Mariette acquired most of Melchior Tavernier's fund. In 1646, he had a series of maps by Blaeu copied and asked Abraham Peyrounin to engrave them. In the meantime, he published the works of Nicolas Sanson. In 1650 he published the atlas Théâtre Géographique de France. A second edition followed in 1653. He later contributed to Sanson's atlas, the Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde. Many maps of Mariette's Théatre appeared in later editions of Sanson's Cartes générales.
Expeditionis Alexandri Magni Per Europam, Asiam et Africam. Tabula Geograpica.
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Category: Antique maps > Asia > Middle East
Old, antique map of Alexander's Expeditions by Pierre Duval.
Title: Expeditionis Alexandri Magni Per Europam, Asiam et Africam. Tabula Geograpica.
Authore P. Du Val Abbavillaeo Christianissimi Galliarum Regis Geographo.
Lutetia Parisiorum Apud Petrum Mariette via Iacobaea sub Insion Spej - cum Privilegio Regis 1654.
J. Somer Sculp.
Engraver: Jean Somer.
Cartographer: Pierre Duval
Date: 1655.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Image size: 340 x 510mm (13.39 x 20.08 inches).
Sheet size: 485 x 640mm (19.09 x 25.2 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Original coloured in outline, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.
From: Cartes de géographie les plus nouvelles et les plus fideles, Avecque leurs divisions regulierres, suivant les memoires de P. Du Val geographe ordinaire du Roy. A Paris rue des Bons Enfans au Monde Royal. M.DC.LV [1655]. (Pastoureau, Duval II B)
Pierre Duval (Abbeville, 1618 - 1683)
French geographer, nephew and pupil of Nicolas Sanson. He was encouraged by Louis XIV to move to Paris. In 1650 he became Géographe Ordinaire du Roy.
Pierre Mariette (1602-1658)
Bookseller, printseller, printer, and publisher, located in the Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris. On February 12, 1644, Pierre Mariette acquired most of Melchior Tavernier's fund. In 1646, he had a series of maps by Blaeu copied and asked Abraham Peyrounin to engrave them. In the meantime, he published the works of Nicolas Sanson. In 1650 he published the atlas Théâtre Géographique de France. A second edition followed in 1653. He later contributed to Sanson's atlas, the Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde. Many maps of Mariette's Théatre appeared in later editions of Sanson's Cartes générales.
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