18559

Antique Map France Weigel, Christoph

France

Title: Gallia cum Provinciis infertis et adfitis. curante accuratius Christoph Weigelio Noribergae.

Cartographer: Weigel, Christoph

Published: Nuernberg, Chr. Weigel.

Date: 1719

Size: [27,7 x 34,3 cm]

Technic: Copper engraving / Original color.

Description: Copper-engraving, hand colored in outline when published. This highly detailed map shows France divided up into its provinces. The map provides a lot of information on place names, rivers, mountains, etc. The various French provinces are hand colored in period wash and outline colors. The cartographer Christoph Weigel worked around 1719 in Nuernberg and his maps are showing the typical style of this period in mapmaking in Southern German. He worked very close as with Johann B. Homann in Nuernberg. All his maps were hand colored in outline and decorative body color immediately in his printing house, after they were printed.

Notes: In excellent condition.

Condition: Excellent

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