Southwest France by Christophe Tassin. RARE c. 1610-1650
Tassin Christophe Nicolas. (? - 1660)
Christophe Tassin was a French cartographer known for his atlases of France, Spain, Germany, and Switzerland.
He was 'Ingenieur-géographe du roi'. He used this title only between 1633 and 1638. In 1633 Tassin published an atlas of France and Spain, Cartes générales des provinces de France et d’ Espagne; one of Germany, Cartes généralis des royaumes et provinces de la haute et basse Allemagna; and one of the Low Countries, Plans et profils des principales villes du duché de Lorraine, avec les cartes generale et particulieres de chacun gouvernement d’iucelles.
In 1644, Tassin ended his work and sold his copper plates of maps to Antoine de Fer, who published them in many subsequent editions.
Carte Generale de Guyenne.
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Category: Antique maps > Europe > France
Southwest France by Christophe Tassin.
Title: Carte Generale de Guyenne.
Oriented to the northeast.
Date of the first edition: 1634.
Date of this map: c. 1610-1650.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Image size: 370 x 515mm (14.57 x 20.28 inches).
Sheet size: 505 x 685mm (19.88 x 26.97 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Original coloured in outline, on heavy paper, side margins extended, light stained in centre.
Condition Rating: A.
Separate publication - from a French Composite Atlas, c. 1610-1650.
Appeared in: Les cartes generales de toutes les provinces de France, ... Paris, Christophe Tassin, 1634.
Tassin Christophe Nicolas. (? - 1660)
Christophe Tassin was a French cartographer known for his atlases of France, Spain, Germany, and Switzerland.
He was 'Ingenieur-géographe du roi'. He used this title only between 1633 and 1638. In 1633 Tassin published an atlas of France and Spain, Cartes générales des provinces de France et d’ Espagne; one of Germany, Cartes généralis des royaumes et provinces de la haute et basse Allemagna; and one of the Low Countries, Plans et profils des principales villes du duché de Lorraine, avec les cartes generale et particulieres de chacun gouvernement d’iucelles.
In 1644, Tassin ended his work and sold his copper plates of maps to Antoine de Fer, who published them in many subsequent editions.
