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Geographia Synodica Sive regionum urbium et locorum ubi celebrata sunt concilia oecumenica nationalia provincialia et synodi dioece sanae; Tabula geographia prima quae tottus orbis partes continet. Ex Conatibus Geographicis Gulielmi Sanson Nicolai Filii Christianissimi Galliarum Regis Geographi. Geographia Synodica Map of Church Councils · Guillaume Sanson · P. Mariette Paris 1667 · Original Hand-Colored Copper Engraving

1667ref. 25060Paris: P. Mariette 1667. Other. The centre fold minor spotting else in excellent condition. 395 by 565mm 15 by 22 inches. Rare and decorative large-format historical map of Europe showing the locations of Church Councils and Synods in original outline color. By Guillaume Sanson 16331703 Géographe du Roy published by Pierre Mariette Paris 1667. Image: 395 x 565 mm 15.5 x 22 inches. Decorated with a superb allegorical title cartouche depicting a Catholic council in session a unique historical and cartographic document. Guillaume Sanson 16331703 was a leading French cartographer who inherited the celebrated family firm from his father Nicolas Sanson 16001667 known as the 'Father of French Cartography' and official Géographe du Roy to Louis XIV. Like his father Guillaume held the title of Géographe Ordinaire du Roy. Much of his work after 1671 was published in collaboration with Alexis-Hubert Jaillot and together the Sanson dynasty dominated French cartography throughout the 17th century. Their maps are held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France the British Library and major research collections worldwide.This large and striking map plots the locations of ecumenical councils national synods provincial councils and diocesan synods across Europe a unique cartographic subject of combined religious and historical significance. The coverage extends from the British Isles and Iberian Peninsula across to the eastern Mediterranean including Cyprus and Syria with North Africa also shown. Political borders are rendered in hand-applied outline color. The splendid allegorical title cartouche depicts a Catholic council in session and was engraved to the highest standard of the Parisian workshop. The Geographia Synodica is among the most unusual and collectible maps ever published of Europe: a historic document of scholarship faith and cartographic craft. In excellent condition. Original outline color fresh and vivid. The centrefold shows minor spotting as expected for a 17th-century map of this size; all else excellent. No tears or significant foxing. 395 x 565 mm. P. Mariette unknown

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