| Method | Copper engraved with hand colour |
| Artist | after Du Val, Pierre |
| Published | [Johann Hoffman, Nuremberg, c.1681] |
| Dimensions | 100 x 120 mm |
| Notes |
A miniature map of the Canary Islands, from Johann Hoffmann's pocket atlas 'Geographiae Universalis'. Hoffmann's atlas was a German translation of Pierre Du Val's 'La Geographie Universelle', with a translation by Johann Beer and a reengraved set of maps after Du Val, most likely by Sigsmund G. Hipschman. Stylistically, the reengraved maps are very close copies of Du Val's originals, though now bear Latin titles. In this example, each of the islands is presented in full wash colour, with principal towns labelled. The title is enclosed in a simple box cartouche. Pierre Du Val (1619-1683) was one of the most influential and prolific mapmakers and publishers working in Paris in the third quarter of the seventeenth century. He was the nephew of Nicolas Sanson, the leading French mapmaker of the period, and Geographer to the King of France from 1650. He was also responsible for providing maps for other Parisian editors of the period, Jollain, de Fer and Berey amongst others. The early years of Du Val's career were devoted to his atlas projects, while later in his career he was to concentrate on separately published, and often multi-sheet, maps. His first atlas was the Cartes Geographiques Methodiquement Divisees published in 1654. This contained only a few of Du Val's own maps with the others comprising those of Sanson, Briet, Boisseau and even those of the earlier Dutch mapmakers, Mercator, Blaeu, Hondius and Jansson. The atlas was re-issued in 1655 and 1667, and the title was altered to Cartes De Geographie Les Plus Nouvelles Et Les Plus Fideles. Small sized works also formed part of Du Val's output as did geographical tables, genealogies and chronologies. Other works included La Geographie Francoise (1659), Le Monde ou La Geographie Universelle (1658), Cartes Pours Les Itineraires (1677) and Cartes Des Provinces Eschues A La Reine (1667). Du Val died in 1683 and the business was continued first by his widow Marie Desmaretz and then by his daughters. Condition: Central vertical fold, as issued. Blank on verso. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £125.00 |
| Stock ID | 51042 |