Item #51-3483 Album of City Plans and Views mainly by Nicolas de Fer. Turin, Endingen, Mont Royal, Mayence, Ath, Pignerol, Mont-Melian, Landau, Casal, Verceil, Genève, Maestricht, Huningue, Nice, Charle-Roy, Bonn, Calais, Coblentz, Stetin, Juliers, Wismar, Mons, Verüe, Berg S. Winox, Kamieniec Podolski, Donquerque, Coni, Montmélian, Miolans, Verue (Verrua Savoia), Parma. First edition. Nicholas de Fer, Nicolas de Fer, 1646 - 1720.

Album of City Plans and Views mainly by Nicolas de Fer. Turin, Endingen, Mont Royal, Mayence, Ath, Pignerol, Mont-Melian, Landau, Casal, Verceil, Genève, Maestricht, Huningue, Nice, Charle-Roy, Bonn, Calais, Coblentz, Stetin, Juliers, Wismar, Mons, Verüe, Berg S. Winox, Kamieniec Podolski, Donquerque, Coni, Montmélian, Miolans, Verue (Verrua Savoia), Parma. First edition.

Paris: Nicolas de Fer, circa 1693. 4to. 23 x 29cm. 18th Century rose cardboard covers. 33 engraved views and plans and 2 hand-drawn plans of Versoi and the col of Grand-Saint-Bernard showing Saint-Rhémy et San Leonardo. Old manuscript table of contents. Most of the plates are 17th Century but 2 are 18th Century. Small losses and browning to most plates.

Nicholas de Fer (1646 – 1720) was the son of cartographer Antoine de Fer. Nicholas was established as an engraver, cartographer, and map publisher in Paris, with over 600 maps and atlases to his credit. His work earned a large following because of its considerable decorative appeal. In the late 17th century, de Fer’s career culminated in his appointment as Geographer to the King of France. Upon his death in 1720, Nicolas was succeeded by two of his sons-in-law, Guillaume Danet and Jacques-François Danet and their heirs, who continued the de Fer publishing firm until c. 1760.



. Recueil de 35 cartes, plans et vues de villes fortifiées, gravées sur cuivre (33) et manuscrites (2). S.l.n.d. [Paris, 1693 e.a.]. In-4 oblong, cartonnage rose, pièce de titre manuscrite (Reliure vers 1800).
Le présent ensemble contient :
– 27 cartes et plans de villes fortifiées, extraites pour la plupart de l'atlas de Nicolas de Fer (1693), montrant Turin, Endingen, Mont Royal, Mayence, Ath, Pignerol, Mont-Melian, Landau, Casal, Verceil, Genève, Maestricht, Huningue, Nice, Charle-Roy, Bonn, Calais, Coblentz, Stetin, Juliers, Wismar, Mons, Verüe, Berg S. Winox, Kamieniec Podolski, Donquerque, Coni ;
– 4 vues gravées de Montmélian, Miolans, Verue (Verrua Savoia) et du siège de Genève ;
– 2 planches manuscrites : un plan de Versoi et une carte du col du Grand-Saint-Bernard montrant Saint-Rhémy et San Leonardo ;
– 2 petites planches gravées postérieures.
Exemplaire défraîchi : cartes jaunies présentant parfois des restaurations ; petits manques marginaux à quelques cartes, quelques rousseurs et taches d'encre. Item #51-3483

Price: $1,250.00

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