Saintonge by Jean Leclerc. c. 16161650
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.
Carte du Pais de Xaintonge.
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Saintonge by Jean Leclerc.
Title: Carte du Pais de Xaintonge.
J. Le Clerc Excudit.
Date of the first edition: 1616.
Date of this map: c. 1616-1633.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Image size: 425 x 410mm (16.73 x 16.14 inches).
Sheet size: 505 x 685mm (19.88 x 26.97 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Original coloured, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.
Separate publication - from a French Composite Atlas, c. 1616-1650.
Appeared in: Theatre geographique du royaume de France. Paris, Jean Le Clerc, 1619 (Pastoureau, Leclerc A 1619)
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.
