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Original hand-colored copper engraving of the northern Duchy of Pomerania and the Marquisate of Brandenburg by Gilles Robert de Vaugondy ('M. Robert'), Royal Geographer to Louis XV of France, published in Paris, 1751. The sheet also includes a supplementary inset map of the Old March (Altmark) and Prignitz quarter of Brandenburg at the same scale. Sheet: 480 × 545 mm (19 × 21½ in). A beautifully precise map from one of the foremost French cartographic families of the Enlightenment, whose Atlas Universel (1757) is considered a landmark of 18th-century science. Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688–1766) — known on his maps as 'M. Robert' — was Royal Geographer to Louis XV of France and one of the leading cartographers of the 18th-century French Enlightenment. Together with his son Didier Robert de Vaugondy (c.1723–1786), he produced the Atlas Universel (1757), one of the most important cartographic works of the century, combining older sources with new astronomical observations for exceptional accuracy. The Vaugondy family were direct heirs to the cartographic tradition of Nicolas Sanson: through Sanson's grandson Pierre Moulard-Sanson, they inherited Sanson's manuscripts, which they combined with maps acquired from Hubert Jaillot's estate to form the rich foundation of the Atlas Universel. Their maps are held in major library and cartographic collections worldwide. This copper engraving maps the northern part of the Upper Saxon Circle — specifically the Duchy of Pomerania and the Marquisate of Brandenburg — from the Vaugondy atlas series published with royal privilege in Paris, 1751. The map is notable for its Enlightenment-era cartographic precision: latitude and longitude are carefully annotated, and the topographic detail is characteristic of the rigorous Vaugondy method. A supplement engraved on the same sheet at the same scale covers the Old March (Altmark) and the Prignitz quarter of Brandenburg. Sheet: 480 × 545 mm. In excellent condition. 480 × 545 mm (19 × 21½ in). Original hand color in outline well preserved.

Gilles Robert de Vaugondy – Pomerania & Northern Brandenburg · Original Hand-Colored Copper Engraving · Royal Geographer · Paris 1751