Partie Meridionale du Gouvernement gen.l de Bourgogne ou se trouvent les Bailliages d'Autun,et de Challon, le...

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Original antique copper engraving, hand coloured when published, depicting Partie Meridionale du Gouvernement gen.l de Bou.... Published by Sr. Robert, Paris, 1752. Sheet: 48.4 x 56 cm (19 x 22 inches).. A fine decorative example of antique cartography by Robert Sr, rich in period detail and historical significance. Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688–1766) and his son Didier Robert de Vaugondy (c.1723–1786) were among the leading cartographers of eighteenth-century France. They were descended from the renowned cartographic dynasty of Nicolas Sanson and inherited much of his cartographic material. Their monumental Atlas Universel (1757), fifteen years in the making, was one of the most important geographical publications of the Enlightenment. In 1760, Didier was appointed Geographer to King Louis XV of France. The Robert de Vaugondy maps are prized for their scientific precision, elegant engraving, and the scholarly authority behind them — representing the peak of French cartographic achievement in the Age of Reason. Lyon, Geneva, Macon, and Vienne are all featured prominently within the image, which also contains a decorative cartouche with three coats of arms (including that of Lyon, lower left). The map is showing many cities and villages, as well mountains and rivers are shown.In the lower center ornated with a floral title cartouche, a milage scale in the upper right corner. In good condition for its age (published 1752). Colours well preserved. Some age-toning and minor imperfections consistent with a document of this antiquity. A condition report is available on request.

Robert Sr – Partie Meridionale du Gouvernement gen.l de Bourgogne ou... · Original Antique Copper Engraving, Hand Coloured · Sr. Robert · Paris 1752