SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers
Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667) is generally acknowledged as the founder of the great French school of geographers and cartographers that supplanted the Dutch as the leading European map-makers. His work was acclaimed for its geographical accuracy and high standard of engraving. As a consequence, his many maps received a wide diffusion. His career marks the start of the process by which Paris superseded Amsterdam as the centre of European map production.
Nicolas studied Ancient History as a young man, and this awoke in him an interest in classical geography. His first map, of ancient Gaul was made in 1618, when he was only 18. Sanson had three sons, Nicolas (1626-1648), Guillaume (d.1703) and Adrien (d.1708), and a grandson Pierre Moullard-Sanson (d.1730), all of whom were involved in the family’s map-making activities.
After Sanson settled in Paris his work came to the attention of King Louis XIII, who eventually appointed Sanson Geographe Ordinaire du Roi, one of whose duties was to tutor the King in geography. Sanson published some 300 maps in his career, though his first most famous atlas, the folio “Cartes Generales De Toutes Les Parties Du Monde” was not published until 1658. Sanson also prepared a series of quarto atlases of the different continents. These scarce atlases are more frequently encountered in the Dutch piracy, engraved by Anthony d’Winter, first published in 1683.
The Sanson atlases are rarely found with a standard set of maps; the practice seems to have been that additional, or revised, plates would be inserted as available. After Sanson’s death the business was continued by his two surviving sons and grandson, in partnership with, and later superseded by Alexis Hubert Jaillot.
FRANCE CARTE GENERALE DU ROYAUME DE FR...
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1643 Paris |
| Price: | £250.00 |
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GOUVERNEMENT GENERAL DE LISLE DE FRANCE
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1651 Paris |
| Price: | £150.00 |
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WORLD LHYDROGRAPHIE OU DESCRIPTION DE LE...
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1652 Paris |
| Price: | £850.00 |
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(WEST AFRICA)LAFRIQUE OU LYBIE ULTERIEUR...
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1655 Paris |
| Price: | £275.00 |
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SOUTH AFRICA BASSE AETHIOPIE qui compre...
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1655/1741 |
| Price: | £475.00 |
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FLORIDA LOUISIANA....LA FLORIDE
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1656 Paris |
| Price: | £375.00 |
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BALKANS,BULGARIA..ILLYRICUM ORIENTIS...
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1660c Paris |
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FRANCE
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1660c Paris |
| Price: | £80.00 |
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SOUTH AMERICA AMERIQUE MERIDIONALE
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1662 Paris |
| Price: | £195.00 |
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ORBIS VETUS
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1684 PARIS |
| Price: | £625.00 |
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GENOA LA REPUBLIQUE DE GENES
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1690 Paris |
| Price: | £650.00 |
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SAVOIE PIEDMONT LES ESTATS DE SAVOYE PIE...
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1700 Amsterdam |
| Price: | £375.00 |
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RUSSIA WIT RUSSLANDT OF MUSKOVIAN
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1705 |
| Price: | £80.00 |
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PLOAND LITHUANIA LA POLOGNE
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1714 Paris |
| Price: | £60.00 |
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CARTE DE SUISSE ET DE SAVOYE
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1742 Paris |
| Price: | £40.00 |
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HAUTE LOMBARDIE et Pays circmvoisins...S...
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1648 Paris |
| Price: | £0.00 |
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SWITZERLAND LES SUISSES,LES ALLIES DES ...
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1667 Paris |
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LALSACE DIVISEE EN SES PRINCIPALES PARTI...
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1675/1696 |
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LE GOUVERNEMENT GENERAL DE PROVENCE
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 1692 Paris |
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SAVOIE PIEDMONT LES ESTATS DE SAVOYE, PI...
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 8000. 1680c Amsterdam |
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CONSTANTINOPLE BOSPHOROS ANAPLUS BOSPHOR...
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 9000/1666 Paris |
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LE ROYAUME DE FRANCE
| Cartographer: | SANSON Nicolas & later issues by other cartographers |
| Print Date: | 900:/001665 Paris |
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