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No. 81477137

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Europe, Map - Italy / Campania / Puglia / Basilicata / Molise; Robert de Vaugondy - Partie MSeptentrionale du Royaume de Naples - 1721-1750
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Europe, Map - Italy / Campania / Puglia / Basilicata / Molise; Robert de Vaugondy - Partie MSeptentrionale du Royaume de Naples - 1721-1750

Ilaria Colombo

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Dimensions: 16 x 19.5 cm. (on sheet: 21.5 x 27.5 cm.). Condition: very good (minor foxing) Verso: blank. Light blue paper Mapmaker: Robert De Vaugondy Publisher: Durand and Pissot. Paris. Note: from "Atlas portatif Universel" Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688–1766), also known as Le Sieur or Monsieur Robert, and his son, Didier Robert de Vaugondy (c.1723–1786), were leading cartographers in France during the 18th century. Gilles got his start when he jointly inherited the shop of Pierre-Moullart Sanson, grandson of the famous geographer Nicholas Sanson. The inheritance included the business, its stock of plates, and a roller press. In 1760 Gilles became geographer to King Louis XV. His son, Didier Robert de Vaugondy, was also a geographer and the two worked together.

No. 81477137

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Europe, Map - Italy / Campania / Puglia / Basilicata / Molise; Robert de Vaugondy - Partie MSeptentrionale du Royaume de Naples - 1721-1750

Europe, Map - Italy / Campania / Puglia / Basilicata / Molise; Robert de Vaugondy - Partie MSeptentrionale du Royaume de Naples - 1721-1750

Dimensions: 16 x 19.5 cm. (on sheet: 21.5 x 27.5 cm.).

Condition: very good (minor foxing)
Verso: blank.
Light blue paper

Mapmaker: Robert De Vaugondy
Publisher: Durand and Pissot. Paris.
Note: from "Atlas portatif Universel"

Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688–1766), also known as Le Sieur or Monsieur Robert, and his son, Didier Robert de Vaugondy (c.1723–1786), were leading cartographers in France during the 18th century. Gilles got his start when he jointly inherited the shop of Pierre-Moullart Sanson, grandson of the famous geographer Nicholas Sanson. The inheritance included the business, its stock of plates, and a roller press. In 1760 Gilles became geographer to King Louis XV. His son, Didier Robert de Vaugondy, was also a geographer and the two worked together.

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