Globe Terrestre / Globe Celeste

Reference: S40008
Author Jacques CHIQUET
Year: 1719
Zone: Celestial Chart
Printed: Paris
Measures: 220 x 165 mm
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Reference: S40008
Author Jacques CHIQUET
Year: 1719
Zone: Celestial Chart
Printed: Paris
Measures: 220 x 165 mm
Not Available

Description

Decorative engraving of a pair of globes, one celestial, one terrestrial, engraved for Jacques Chiquet's Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique et Historique.

The Globes are surrounded by scientific models showing various perspectives on the orientation of a globe.

Copperplate, with fine hand colouring, good condition.

Jacques CHIQUET (1673 - 1721)

Jacques Chiquet (1673-1721) a French cartographer only published two works. His most famous was a small atlas, called Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique et Historique published in 1719. This atlas was likely made for the entertainment of royalty. Also in 1719, he published an atlas of France called Noveau Atlas Francais. His works are quite rare as he died shortly after they were published.

Jacques CHIQUET (1673 - 1721)

Jacques Chiquet (1673-1721) a French cartographer only published two works. His most famous was a small atlas, called Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique et Historique published in 1719. This atlas was likely made for the entertainment of royalty. Also in 1719, he published an atlas of France called Noveau Atlas Francais. His works are quite rare as he died shortly after they were published.