Rügen (Rugia) by C. Tassin. 1633
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.
Lisle de Rugie.
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Category: Antique maps > Europe > Germany
Rugia (Rügen) by C. Tassin.
Title: Lisle de Rugie.
Date of the first edition: 1633.
Date of this map: 1633.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Image size: 105 x 150mm (4¼ x 6 inches).
Sheet size: 155 x 195mm (6 x 7¾ inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.
From: Tassin C. Cartes Generales des Royaumes et Provinces de la Haute et Basse Allemagne. Reveues, corrigées & augmentées par le sieur Tassin Geographe ordinaire de sa Majesté. A Paris, Chez Martin Gobert au Palais en la gallerie des prisonniers. M.DC.XXXIII. (1633). (Pastoureau, p. 445, Tassin IV Aa 1633)
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.
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