Vézoue, Louis Claude de (sold)
Louis Claude de Vézoue (17?? - 1782), sometimes spelled Vezou, was a French mathematician, mapmaker, genealogist, engineer, historiographer, and astronomer active in Paris during the middle and late 18th century. In 1853 he issued an important educational wall map of the world in partnership with Jean Lattré, this was reissued c. 1760. In 1773, as historiographer to the king, he completed a detailed genealogical chart of the Kings of France.
A Marriage of Astronomy and Geography.
Mappe-Monde Geo Spherique ou Nouvelle Carte Ideale Du Globe Terrestre Pour servir d'Introduction a la Geographie, L'Hydrographie, et a la Sphere Armillaire . . . 1760.
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This is a rare separate issue c. 1760 Louis Claude de Vézoue (Vezou) and Jean Lattré map of the world in hemispheres. This striking map combines the principles of geography with 18th century popular astronomical sciences and was intended as a pedagogical introduction to both. An informationally dense piece, it is replete with data and annotations explaining winds, currents, weather patterns, astronomy, and geography. Diagrams illustrating the four theories on the universe, solar and lunar eclipses, and the horizons surround the central map. Surmounting the map is an effigy of French King Louis XV, to whom the map is dedicated. (more details)