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rif. 51-6448Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved map. One fold. Worm hole in lower margin 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6472Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved text broadside and engraved map.Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Map of the fortifications of Lisbon with the city divided into its Old and New Towns. The citadel of the city is prominently marked. Features two views of the Royal Palace and Belem Tower respectively.This map was published during the War of the Spanish Succession a conflict in which Portugal and Lisbon featured prominent hence the depiction of the fortifications of the city.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.Library of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6470Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved text broadside and engraved map.27.3 x 38cm. and 27.3 x 43cm. Missing piece in lower right corner. Fold mark on right side. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.The Tagus is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales between Cuenca and Teruel in mid-eastern Spain flows 1007 km generally westward and empties into the Atlantic Ocean in Lisbon.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.Library of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6477Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved text broadside and map. Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.This detailed map shows the vicinity of Milan and the important network of canals. The Naviglio Canal shown here connecting Lake Maggiore with Milan was the first artificial canal in Europe probably originating as a defensive ditch dug in the 12th century. It was one of the largest post-medieval engineering projects allowing development of commerce transport and agriculture in the region. Prominently depicted within a large area north of Pavia is the Enclos des Chartreux Certosa di Pavia monastery located within a large hunting park that belonged to the Visconti family of Milan.Evora is the capital of the province of Alentejo east of Lisbon It was captured by the Romans in 80 BC and has a Roman aqueduct and temple of Diana the goddess of hunting. There is also a 13th-century Gothic cathedral. From the 14th to the 16th centuries Evora was the residence of the Kings of Portugal.This map was published during the War of the Spanish Succession a conflict in which Portugal and Lisbon featured prominent hence the depiction of the fortifications of the city.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.Library of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6466Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved text broadside and engraved map.Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.Library of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6459Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6447Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved map. One fold. Worm holes in lower marginEach 27.3 x 64.2 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6450Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved text broadside and engraved map.Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6464Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved text broadside and engraved map.Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6453Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6461Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6462Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved broadside and engraved map. Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:159878703.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6446Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1714-1717. Engraved map. One fold. 27.3 x 51cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1714-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6458Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6468Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1714-1717. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38cm and 27.3 x 39.5cm. Fold on right side.lContemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1714-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6476Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved text broadside and map. Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.This detailed map shows the vicinity of Milan and the important network of canals. The Naviglio Canal shown here connecting Lake Maggiore with Milan was the first artificial canal in Europe probably originating as a defensive ditch dug in the 12th century. It was one of the largest post-medieval engineering projects allowing development of commerce transport and agriculture in the region. Prominently depicted within a large area north of Pavia is the Enclos des Chartreux Certosa di Pavia monastery located within a large hunting park that belonged to the Visconti family of Milan.Evora is the capital of the province of Alentejo east of Lisbon It was captured by the Romans in 80 BC and has a Roman aqueduct and temple of Diana the goddess of hunting. There is also a 13th-century Gothic cathedral. From the 14th to the 16th centuries Evora was the residence of the Kings of Portugal.This map was published during the War of the Spanish Succession a conflict in which Portugal and Lisbon featured prominent hence the depiction of the fortifications of the city.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.Library of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6460Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved text broadside and engraved map.Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6456Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6467Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved text broadside and 2 engraved maps.Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.Library of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6471Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved text broadside and engraved map.Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.Library of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6463Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6445Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1714-1717. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1714-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6449Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved map. One fold. Worm hole in lower margin 27.3 x 38 cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.ibrary of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6474Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved map. 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Elvas is a fortified hilltop town on the Spanish border east of Lisbon. The Portuguese too the city fromthe Moors in 1226 and it was captured by Spain in 1580. The fortifications date mostly from the 17th century and there is a 16th-century aqueduct.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.Library of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
rif. 51-6442Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy 1705-1717. Engraved text broadside and engraved map.Each 27.3 x 38cm. Contemporary laid paper uniformly time aged.Published in "L'atlas curieux ou Le monde reÌpreseÌnteÌ dans des cartes geÌneÌrales et particulieres du ciel et de la terre : diviseÌ tant en ses quatre principales parties que par eÌtats et provinces et orneÌ par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales et des plus superbes edifices qui les embelissent comme sont les eglises les palais les maisons de plaisance les iardins les fontaines &c. ". OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:79022119.LThe Atlas Curieux is geographic encyclopedia of images and maps of France with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly views of the great palaces and chateaux views and plans of the Paris Observatory and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual parts from 1700-1705 the maps are based on the new observations of the Académie des Sciences and drawn up with the assistance of Philipe de La Hire.Library of Congress:The French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father Antoine de Fer owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother Genevieve took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V of Spain.One of de Fer’s major works is an atlas titled L’atlas curieux The curious atlas. Paris: chez l'auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'orloge a la Sphére Royale avec privilége du Roy, 1705-1717 unknown
