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Spain by Pierre Husson. c. 1709
Pierre Husson (1678-1733)
Pierre (Pieter), a publisher in Den Haag, was a neighbour of Mrs Anna Beek, with whom he shared his interest in publishing plans of battlefields and fortifications during the War of Succession (1702-1713).
A collection of maps and plans by various authors was brought together in an atlas, to which was added the title page of Nicolas Visscher's Variae tabulae geographicae in quibus loca in orbe bello, now with the address of Pierre Husson.
Carte Generale des Royaumes d'Espagne & de Portugal. Avec leurs Principales Divisions &c.
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Category: Antique maps > Europe > Spain and Portugal
Old, antique map of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain & Portugal), by Pierre Husson.
Title: Carte Generale des Royaumes d'Espagne & de Portugal. Avec leurs Principales Divisions &c.
Pour l'usage de ceux qui sont curieux de voir les Marches, Entreprises &c. des Armées en ce pais la tant par Mer que par Terre.
Donnée au jour par Pierre Husson. Marchand Libraire a la Haie. avec Privilege.
Title above map: Carte Générale des Royaumes d'Espagne et de Portugal, avec leurs principales Divisions &c.
Date: c. 1709.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Map size: 495 x 570mm (19.49 x 22.44 inches).
Sheet size: 520 x 620mm (20.47 x 24.41 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Original coloured, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.
From: Variae tabulae geographicae un quibus loca in orbe bello flagrantia conspiciuntur ut in Flandria, Brabantia, Leodiensi Tractu, Germania, Hungaria, . . . Diverses cartes de geographie, où l'in peut voir le theatre de la guerre dans tout le monde. Comme dans les pais de Flandres, de Brabant, de Liège, d'Allemagne, de Hongrie, . . . Den Haag, P. Husson, s.d. (c. 1709). (Koeman II, p. 155, Hus1)
Pierre Husson (1678-1733)
Pierre (Pieter), a publisher in Den Haag, was a neighbour of Mrs Anna Beek, with whom he shared his interest in publishing plans of battlefields and fortifications during the War of Succession (1702-1713).
A collection of maps and plans by various authors was brought together in an atlas, to which was added the title page of Nicolas Visscher's Variae tabulae geographicae in quibus loca in orbe bello, now with the address of Pierre Husson.