Gillot, Firmin (sold)
Firmin Gillot (October 11, 1819 - June 12, 1872) was a French lithographer, engraver, printer, and inventor. Gillot was born at Combres, Eure-et-Loir, France. He was the son of a barrel maker, or cooper, but apprenticed from 1852 as a lithographer. He established himself in Paris, marrying Eugénie Josèphe Cordier, daughter of a pharmacist and sister of the sculptor Charles Cordier. In 1852 he filed for a patent on the progress of paniconography, which he called 'gilloage'. His son, Charles Gillot, further refined the technique b inventing the process of photomechanical swirling, which came to dominate an era of magazines and illustrated books. Gillot lived at 23 Quai Saint-Michel.
The first printed example of a Babinet / Mollweide Projection?
Planisphère Babinet Physique et Politique.
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A stunning c. 1860 wall-sized map of the world on a Mollweide or Babinet Projection surrounded by elaborate allegorical imagery. Our research suggests this is one of the earliest, if not the earliest, published example of a Mollweide Projection. The map is centered on Europe and is, indeed, Eurocentric, with color coding intended to represent colonial claims around the world. Tracks at sea illustrate popular maritime routes across the Atlantic and to various points, around Africa, and to Australia, China, and the East Indies. Text at bottom center by Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun (1816 - 1889) and Hermann Berghaus (1828 - 1890), the preeminent geographers of the day, praise the usefulness and practicality of the Mollweide / Babinet projection. (more details)