ARTIST: Henri Chatelain
PUBLISHER: Published in Amsterdam by L'Honore & Chatelain.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving printed on fine laid paper,
DATE: 1721
EDITION SIZE: 14 1/2 x 16 15/16" (369 x 430 mm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: This handsome chart of southeastern Asia is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant maps. Included in the 1721 edition of Atlas Historique, published by Chatelain in Amsterdam. This elegant map is a superb example from the golden age of French mapmaking.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition. B/W
REFERENCE: Phillips, A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress, 305, 548, & 579; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps; Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, vol. II. p. 33-38.