Subject: Eastern France
Period: 1749 (dated)
Publication: Atlas Universel
Color: Hand Color
Size:
22.3 x 18.5 inches
56.6 x 47 cm
Nicely engraved map of eastern France on the Swiss border, showing Lake Geneva and Lake Neuchatel. The map is highly detailed with hundreds of towns and villages, extending west just past Dole. The map is adorned with two lovely rococo cartouches.
References: Pedley #145.
Condition: A
A sharp impression with contemporary outline color on a bright sheet with a "1749" watermark and very light offsetting along the centerfold.