| Method | Copper engraved with hand colour |
| Artist | Nolin, Jean-Baptiste |
| Published | A Paris. Chez I.B. Nolin, Geographe de S.A.R.M.R. Sur le Quay de l'Horloge du Palais a L'Enseigne de la Place des Victoires. Avec Privilege du Roy [Paris, c.1740] |
| Dimensions | 595 x 485 |
| Notes |
A large and decorative French map of the British Isles, originally issued by Jean-Baptiste Nolin the Elder in 1698. The current example was reissued by Nolin's son, Jean-Baptiste Nolin the Younger in the first half of the eighteenth century. Cartographically, the map is closely based upon examples by Coronelli, for whom Nolin worked as a younger mapmaker. County and provincial borders are outlined in hand colour, and in the top right corner, an inset map shows the Faro, Orkney, and Shetland Islands. In the top left, the title is emblazoned on a large shield cartouche topped by an angelic figure crowning the arms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Jean-Baptiste Nolin (1657-1708) was a French cartographer, mapmaker, and publisher, and the father of Jean-Baptiste Nolin the Younger (1686-1762) who was also a mapmaker. As a young man, Nolin gained the attention of the celebrated Italian cartographer Vicenzo Coronelli, and engraved a number of plates for the Atlante Veneto. Nolin is perhaps best remembered for a long-running copyright dispute with the de l'Isle family, which ruled against him, and has branded him a plagiarist ever since. The charge is perhaps a little unfair, as Nolin was no different from his contemporaries in borrowing from other mapmakers, and indeed the majority of his maps were closely modelled on Coronelli and Sieur de Tillemon. Nolin' son succeeded his father in the family business, reprinting Nolin the Elder's maps and compiling the Atlas General, which was issued posthumously in 1783. Condition: Central horizontal fold, as issued. Repaired worm damage to right edge of central fold. Minor time toning to margins. Blank on verso. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £650.00 |
| Stock ID | 52862 |