| Method | Copper engraved with hand colour |
| Artist | Bonne, Rigobert |
| Published | Assujettie au Ciel et Projettee par M. Bonne M. de Mathemat. A Paris Chez Lattre rue St Jacques a la Ville de Bordeaux, 1791. |
| Dimensions | 400 x 335 mm |
| Notes |
An eighteenth century French map of the Provinces of Languedoc, Rousillon, and Foix, engraved by Bonne and issued by Jean Lattre in his Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre, a composite atlas with plates engraved by Zannoni, Bonne, Janvier, Delamarche, and Lattre himself. The map is outlined in hand colour, and ornamented with a large title cartouche in the bottom right corner. A major cartographer of the late 18th century, Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) was Royal Cartographer to France, succeeding Jacques Nicolas Bellin in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Bonne produced some of the most detailed and precise maps of the period. Bonne's maps represent a departure from the more decorative maps of the previous century, and although much of his cartographic style can be traced to his predecessor, Bellin, Bonne maps are generally less decorative, characteristically lacking ornate cartouches, compass roses, or contemporary hand colour. Jean Lattre (fl. 1743 - 1793) was an engraver, bookseller and map publisher who was active in Paris from the mid until late 18th century. He worked with French, Italian and English cartographers like Santini, Delamarche, Bonne and Faden. Condition: Central horizontal fold, as issued. Minor time toning to edges of sheet. Blank on verso, apart from a manuscript '12' in black ink to top left corner. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £130.00 |
| Stock ID | 48889 |