Maps of Berry and Limagne (Auvergne) by Maurice Bougereau, published by Jean Leclerc. c. 1610-1633
Maurice Bouguereau (? - 1596)
Maurice Bouguereau worked in Tours as a French printer, bookseller, cartographer, and publisher. From 1588 to 1596, his address there was 'à la Petite Fontaine du Carroy de Beaulne', in the Rue de la Scellerie.
The most important work of Maurice Bouguereau was the atlas Le Theatre Francoys (20 maps), which he published in Tours in 1594. It was the first atlas of France ever and, thus, a milestone in the history of French cartography. Henry IV commissioned him to produce this work (1553–1610); who was fighting for the unification of his kingdom at the time and wanted to demonstrate his power and greatness with this publication.
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 Maurica Bouguereau, the plates for whose Le Théâtre François passed to Leclerc sometime before 1619. These formed the core of his own Théâtre.
Charte du Berry et Limaine d'Auvergne.- Regionis Biturigum exactiss[ima] descriptio - Limaniae Topographia.
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Maps of Berry and Limagne (Auvergne) by Maurice Bougereau, published by Jean Leclerc.
Title: Charte du Berry et Limaine d'Auvergne.- Regionis Biturigum exactiss[ima] descriptio - Limaniae Topographia.
Left map: per D[ominium] Ioannem Calameum. G[abriel] T[avernier].Augustae Turonum in Aedibus Mauricii Boguerealdi. Cum privilegio. I. le Clerc ex.
Right map: Gabriele Symeoneo auct[ore].
Cartographer: Jean Chaumeau / Gabriel Symeoni.
Date of the first edition: 1594.
Date of this map: c. 1610-1633.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Image size: 340 x 475mm (13.39 x 18.7 inches).
Sheet size: 505 x 685mm (19.88 x 26.97 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Original coloured, on heavy paper.
Condition Rating: A+.
Separate publication - from a French Composite Atlas, c. 1610-1650.
Maurice Bouguereau (? - 1596)
Maurice Bouguereau worked in Tours as a French printer, bookseller, cartographer, and publisher. From 1588 to 1596, his address there was 'à la Petite Fontaine du Carroy de Beaulne', in the Rue de la Scellerie.
The most important work of Maurice Bouguereau was the atlas Le Theatre Francoys (20 maps), which he published in Tours in 1594. It was the first atlas of France ever and, thus, a milestone in the history of French cartography. Henry IV commissioned him to produce this work (1553–1610); who was fighting for the unification of his kingdom at the time and wanted to demonstrate his power and greatness with this publication.
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 Maurica Bouguereau, the plates for whose Le Théâtre François passed to Leclerc sometime before 1619. These formed the core of his own Théâtre.
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