Representation du Parlement d’Angletrre, les Chambres Assemblees et de la Reine sur son Throne; l’Ordre de la Chambre des Seigneurs et de celle des Communes.

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Representation du Parlement d’Angletrre, les Chambres Assemblees et de la Reine sur son Throne; l’Ordre de la Chambre des Seigneurs et de celle des Communes.

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ARTIST: Henri Chatelain
PUBLISHER: Published in Amsterdam by L’Honore & Chatelain.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving printed on fine laid paper,
DATE: 1720
EDITION SIZE: 14 3/4 x 17 7/8" (375 x 455 mm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates. Included in the 1720 edition of Atlas Historique, published by Chatelain in Amsterdam, this large chart is the eighth plate in volume three. This handsome plate is comprised of a large central vignette depicting a session of the English parliament. The Queen is seated at the back of the large hall with the government before her. The room is divided into different sections of nobility, all of whom are identified in a numbered key. The sheet is filled with a long explanative text as well as a detailed tabular key identifying the various people depicted in the images. This fine print is a wonderful example from Chatelain’s important text.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Very good condition. Black and white.
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.
CATEGORIES: Maps