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Atlas Universel Par M. Robert Geographe ordinaire du Roy |
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Description
The first edition of one of the most important 18th-century atlases and one of the great achievements of the French Enlightenment and one of the first atlases based on scientific surveys, in the tradition of D'Anville and De L'Isle.
According to Pedley ; The Atlas Universel is the prime exemplar of the authors' geographic ideal- bel et utile- beautiful and useful.
Some copies have a list of subscribers, which is not present in our copy. In all, over 1.100 copies of this atlas were printed of which 601 in '' grand papier ''. Complete copies are now rare.
The Vaugondy's employed strict standards for including maps in this atlas and in many cases subjected them to astronomically derived readings for latitude and longitude. Moreover, 'their frequent use of eighteenth-century sources, often from the 1740s, provided their atlas with up-to-date information. Of American interest are included maps of Canada, Cours de l'Ohio, Virginia/Maryland, Amerique Meridionale, La Mer du Nord; for these maps, the Vaugondy's had access to sources held by the Depot de la Marine, the official French repository for maritime-related information.
The maps and globes produced by the Vaugondy's remain an enduring testament to the peak of French cartography during the Enlightenment. Their works, characterized by precision and the inclusion of contemporary findings, helped to shape our understanding of the world during a transformative period in European history.
Reference: Shirley, T.ROBV-1c / 1d; Nordenskiöld Collection Catalogue, 245.
According to Pedley ; The Atlas Universel is the prime exemplar of the authors' geographic ideal- bel et utile- beautiful and useful.
The corpus of their maps displays the finest of eighteenth-century French engraving on copperplate with fine line work and lettering and cleverly designed cartouches, which often represent the areas portrayed on the map.
This is the first edition, the second issue of the atlas, with five post-road maps added, which was made available to the subscribers for the additional cost of 6 livres. The maps are: British Isles (1757), France (1758), Germany (1757), Spain and Portugal (1757) and Italy (1756).
Expanding the contents to 108 maps. 34pp. geographical text with an index page
This popular atlas was issued by subscription and 1,118 copies were applied for in all.
The first 12 maps are of the ancient world, and the 97 maps of the modern world were updated according to the latest explorations of the New World and the Pacific. The last seven maps of the modern world are related to the Americas: "Amérique septentrionale," "Canada" (based on records held by the Dépôt de la Marine), "Colonies Angloises en Amérique," "Virginie, Mariland, & Pensilvanie" (based on the map by Fry and Jefferson), "Amérique méridionale," "Les grandes & petites Antilles," and "Isles Saint-Domingue & la Martinique."
The atlas is interesting because it presents the French view of the geographic boundaries between English and French possessions in North America, just as that rivalry developed into the French and Indian War. One of the notable American maps is the French version of Fry and Jefferson’s map of Virginia, in its first state with the boundaries of Lord Fairfax’s Grant shown.
Including a frontispice engraved by Ch. Baquoy d'après J. Oger, Tables des Cartes, Avertissement, 40 pp.
Collation
- Orbis vetus
- La Terre-Sainte
- Imperiorum antiquorum tabula in qua prae caetris Alexandi magni, &c.
- Imperium Romanum
- Britannicae insulae
- Gallia
- Germania
- Hispania
- Italia
- Graecia
- Asia minor
- Caroli magni Imperium
- Mappemonde (1752)
- Europe
- Grandes routes d'Angleterre d'Ecosse & d'Irlande
- Isles Britanniques
- Angleterre
- Ecosse
- Irlande
- Danemarck
- Suède et Norvège
- Partie septentrionale Russie Européenne
- Partie méridionale Russie Européenne
- route des Postes de France
- France
- Picardie Artois
- Normandie
- Bretagne
- Maine Perche
- Orléanois
- Isle de France
- Environs de Paris
- Champagne septentrionale
- Champagne méridionale
- Lorraine & Barrois
- Alsace
- Poitou Aunis Saintonge Angoumois
- Marche Limousin
- Berry ...Nivernois... Bourbonois
- Partie septentrionale du gouvernement général de Bourgogne
- Partie méridionale du gouvernement général de Bourgogne
- Partie septentrionale du Comté de Bourgogne ou Franche-Comté
- Partie méridionale du Comté de Bourgogne ou Franche-Comté
- Partie septentrionale du gouvernement général de la Guienne
- Partie orientale du gouvernement général de la Guienne
- Partie méridionale du gouvernement général de la Guienne
- Languedoc
- Dauphiné
- Provence
- Pays-Bas catholiques
- Flandres
- Partie septentrionale du Duché de Brabant
- Partie méridionale du Duché de Brabant
- Luxembourg
- Hainaut... Cambresis
- Lieège & Limbourg
- Provinces-Unies des Pays-Bas
- Route des Postes Allemagne
- Allemagne
- Suisse
- Westphalie
- Basse Saxe
- Haute Saxe septentrionale
- Haute Saxe méridionale
- Haut & Bas Rhin
- Franconie
- Souabe
- Bavière
- Autriche septentrionale
- Autriche méridionale
- Tyrol
- Boheme Silésie
- Hongrie
- Pologne
- Prusse
- Route des Postes Espagne Portugal
- Espagne Portugal
- Castille septentrionale
- Castille méridionale
- Aragon
- Portugal septentrional
- Portugal méridional
- Route des Postes Italie
- Italie
- Lombardie occidentale
- Lombardie orientale
- Savoye
- Etat de l'Eglise... Grand-Duché de Toscane
- Naples septentrionale
- Naples méridionale
- Turquie Européenne
- Asie
- Partie occidentale de l'Empire de Russie
- Partie orientale de l'Empire de Russie en Asie
- Etats du Turc en Asie, & Perse
- Indes Orientales
- Archipel des Indes Orientales
- Chine
- Japon
- Afrique
- Egypte ancienne & moderne
- Amerique Septentrionale (1750)
- Partie de l'Amérique Septent. qui comprend La Nouvelle France ou le Canada
- Partie de l'Amérique Septentrionale qui comprend le cours de l'Ohio (1755)
- Virginie & Maryland (1755)
- Amérique méridionale
- Isles Antilles
- Isles de S. Domingue & de la Martinique
Some copies have a list of subscribers, which is not present in our copy. In all, over 1.100 copies of this atlas were printed of which 601 in '' grand papier ''. Complete copies are now rare.
The Vaugondy's employed strict standards for including maps in this atlas and in many cases subjected them to astronomically derived readings for latitude and longitude. Moreover, 'their frequent use of eighteenth-century sources, often from the 1740s, provided their atlas with up-to-date information. Of American interest are included maps of Canada, Cours de l'Ohio, Virginia/Maryland, Amerique Meridionale, La Mer du Nord; for these maps, the Vaugondy's had access to sources held by the Depot de la Marine, the official French repository for maritime-related information.
The maps and globes produced by the Vaugondy's remain an enduring testament to the peak of French cartography during the Enlightenment. Their works, characterized by precision and the inclusion of contemporary findings, helped to shape our understanding of the world during a transformative period in European history.
Reference: Shirley, T.ROBV-1c / 1d; Nordenskiöld Collection Catalogue, 245.
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