Le Roy, Henry
Henry Le Roy (1579 - November 20, 1651) was a Dutch goldsmith, engraver, and printer active in Paris during the first half of the 17th century. Le Roy was born in Rotterdam and moved to Paris in around the turn of the century. He is best known for his avian and botanical imagery, which is reminiscent of Hollar, but did engrave a few maps with Michel van Lochom, and others. He is interred at the Protestant cemetery of the Faubourg Saint-Marcel, Paris.
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Novissima descriptio Angliae Scotiae et Hiberniae.
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This is a rare, separately-issued map of the British Isles, engraved in 1639 by Michel van Lochom. It is a French engraved-and-printed iteration of the finest Dutch map of the Isles of that era, Henry Hondius' Magnae Britanniae et Hibernieae Tabula. The superb work of van Lochom's engraver Henry le Roy shows the rapid development of French map engraving in its cradle period. (more details)