Lorraine by Maurice Bouguereau, published by Jean Leclerc. c. 1610-1650
Jean Le Clerc (1560-c. 1622)
Geographer, publisher, and engraver, fourth in a dynasty of printers and booksellers. Trades from 'Rue S. Jean de Latran à la Sallemandre Royalle'. He worked for a while for Maurice Bouguereau, the plates for whose Le Théâtre François passed to Leclerc sometime before 1619. These formed the core of his own Théâtre.
Lorraine vers Septentrion. Rare
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Lorraine by Maurice Bouguereau, published by Jean Leclerc.
Title: Lorraine vers Septentrion
Caesaroduni Turonum in Aedibus Mauricii Boguerealdi. Cum Privilegio Regis.
I. le Clerc ex.
Cartographer: Maurice Bouguereau.
Date of the first edition: 1593.
Date of this map: c. 1610-1650.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Image size: 350 x 450mm (13.78 x 17.72 inches).
Sheet size: 505 x 680mm (19.88 x 26.77 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Original coloured in outline, side margins extended, on heavy paper, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.
Separate publication - from a French Composite Atlas, c. 1610-1650.
Appeared in: Le Theatre Francois, Tours, M. Bougereau, 1594. and: Theatre geographique du royaume de France. ... Paris, Jean Le Clerc, 1619. (Pastoureau, p. 295, Leclerc A 1619)
No date - Pastoureau describes this map with date 1593.
Jean Le Clerc (1560-c. 1622)
Geographer, publisher, and engraver, fourth in a dynasty of printers and booksellers. Trades from 'Rue S. Jean de Latran à la Sallemandre Royalle'. He worked for a while for Maurice Bouguereau, the plates for whose Le Théâtre François passed to Leclerc sometime before 1619. These formed the core of his own Théâtre.