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Lot 629
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"Royaume de Fez, Divise en Sept Provinces", Sanson, Nicolas

Subject: Northwestern Africa

Period: 1699 (circa)

Publication: Description de Tout l'Univers

Color: Black & White

Size:
10.4 x 8.1 inches
26.4 x 20.6 cm
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Charming map of the Kingdom of Fez in Morocco filled with mountain ranges, oases and cities. The map is ornamented with a striking, strapwork cartouche. This is the second state with the addition of a graticule.

Sanson's small maps from his L'Afrique en Plusieurs Cartes..., first published in 1656 and engraved by A. Peyrounin, were copied several times by various map publishers. Johann David Zunners made copies of Sanson's maps for his German translation of Die Gantze Erd-Kugel in 1679. Johannes Ribbius and Simon de Vries published copies in 1682 and 1683, with new maps engraved by Antoine d'Winter. The plates were later sold to Francois Halma, who used them in 1699 and then again in 1705 with the titles re-engraved in Dutch. The titles on the d'Winter plates were re-engraved back into French, and then used by Nicholas Chemereau in 1715 and by Henri du Sauzet in 1738.

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Condition: A

A dark impression on a bright sheet with a few areas of printer's ink residue.

Estimate: $80 - $95

Sold for: $45

Closed on 6/18/2025

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