EUROPE MEDITERRANEAN SEA 1721 CHATELAIN ANTIQUE CHART

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Click Double your traffic. Carte Historique, Cronologique, et Geographique de l’Empire Romain, ou l’on fait Observer son Etendue, et Diverses Remarques pour l’Intelligence de L’Histoire. Striking and beautifully detailed copper engraved chart depicting the Roman Empire. Included in the 1721 edition of Atlas Historique, published by Chatelain in Amsterdam, this large sheet is the seventeenth map in volume one. This impressive map shows the full reach of the Roman Empire across Europe, Asia, and northern Africa. Bordering the central map are two key tables providing a list of influential Roman administrators, emperors, historians and poets, as well as the location of important towns and cities. Filled with numerous observations and historical notes this magnificent map is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s meticulous work. Printed area size approx.: cm 44,5 x 34,1 Paper size approx.: cm 48,9 x 43,6 Strong a nd dark impression on strong paper. Paper with chains. Wide margins. Small foxing . Map folded as issued. Small tears to the bottom along centre fold, renforced to the backside. In general good conditions. Cartographer: Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 – 1743) was a Huguenot pastor of Parisian origins. He lived consecutively in Paris, St. Martins, London (c. 1710), the Hague (c. 1721) and Amsterdam (c. 1728). He is best known as read more

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