87. Map of Hungary, de Guillaume de l'Isle, Paris, 1703

Selling price

EUR 375

Session

Fri, 24 November 2023 12:00

The French cartographer Guillaume de l'Isle (or Delisle, 1675-1726) received in 1718 the title of ‘First Geographer to the King’ from Louis XIV, who also appointed him as a geography professor to his son, the future Louis XV. Thanks to his prestige and financial power, l'Isle opened his own publishing and printing company, where he published this play in 1703. Engraving on copper, manually coloured after imprinting.

Dimensions

custom 48 x 58 cm

Description

copper engraving, hand-coloured laid paper

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