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1762 Janvier Map of Europe

LEurope2-janvier-1762
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L'Europe divisée en ses Principaux Etats. - Main View
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1762 Janvier Map of Europe

LEurope2-janvier-1762

Janvier's beautiful map of 'Greater Europe'.

Title


L'Europe divisée en ses Principaux Etats.
  1762 (dated)     12 x 18 in (30.48 x 45.72 cm)     1 : 15400000

Description


This is a 1762 Jean Janvier map of the Europe. The map depicts from Iceland to the Aral Sea and from North Africa and the Middle East to the Arctic. Divided into countries and kingdoms, insight into mid-18th century Europe is provided. As a whole it offers excellent detail throughout showing mountains, rivers, forests, national boundaries, regional boundaries, forts, and cities. The scope of the map is worth noting, as it intentionally encompasses not just Europe but the extent of European cultural expansion into the surrounding areas. It is no error that the map extends westward to Portuguese Madeira and Porto Santo, nor northwards to embrace Iceland, nor that it extends eastward into the Russian dominated lands beyond the Caspian. This was the 'Greater Europe,' a vast region considered naturally part of Europe's cultural patrimony. A large decorative title cartouche appears in the upper left.

Drawn by Jean Janvier for issue in Jean Lattre's Atlas Moderne.

CartographerS


Jean Denis Janvier (fl. 1746 - 1776), sometime also known as 'Robert', was a Paris based cartographer active in the mid to late 18th century. Janvier signed his maps Signor Janvier. By the late 18th century, Janvier was awarded the title of 'Geographe Avec Privilege du Roi' and this designation appears on many of his later maps. Janvier worked with many of the most prominent French, English and Italian map publishers of his day, including Longchamps, Faden, Lattre, Bonne, Santini, Zannoni, Delamarche, and Desnos. More by this mapmaker...


Jean Lattré (170x - 178x) was a Paris based bookseller, engraver, globe maker, calligrapher, and map publisher active in the mid to late 18th century. Lattré published a large corpus of maps, globes, and atlases in conjunction with a number of other important French cartographic figures, including Janvier, Zannoni, Bonne and Delamarche. He is also known to have worked with other European cartographers such as William Faden of London and the Italian cartographer Santini. Map piracy and copyright violations were common in 18th century France. Paris court records indicate that Lattré brought charges against several other period map publishers, including fellow Frenchman Desnos and the Italian map engraver Zannoni, both of whom he accused of copying his work. Lattré likes trained his wife Madame Lattré (né Vérard), as an engraver, as a late 18th century trade card promotes the world of 'Lattré et son Epouse.' Lattré's offices and bookshop were located at 20 rue St. Jaques, Paris, France. Later in life he relocated to Bordeaux. Learn More...

Source


Lattre, Jean, Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre, c.1778.    

Condition


Very good. Minor toning and wear. Repair to centerfold separation. Original platemark visible. Blank on verso.

References


Rumsey 2612.004. Phillips (Atlases) 664. National Maritime Museum, 215.