Beschreibung:

[DUVAL, Pierre (1618-1683)]. [ Compilation from atlases ]. [Paris: Duval, 1670s]. Sumptuous, extravagantly extra-illustrated eighteenth-century compilation made from five of Pierre Duval’s atlases, all skilfully and tastefully coloured. The volumes include maps, tables and blazons from Duval’s Traité de géographie, Le Monde terrestre, La Géographie Françoise, Les XII provinces , Les Cartes des provinces eschues a la Reine , Les acquisitions de la France , and the Cartes…pur bien entendre les historiens , headed by a copy of La Feuille’s Mappe-Monde, Planisphere ou Carte Generale du Monde (c.1700). The French geographer, cartographer and publisher Pierre Duval learned the art of mapmaking from his uncle, the famous cartographer Nicolas Sanson and like his uncle worked at the royal court as Geographer to the King. Among the notable maps it is worth mentioning that of Virginia, which offers an early view of the Chesapeake area, the mythical Lake May, Jamestown, an early reference to Manhattan and New Amsterdam and an inset depiction of Bermuda. This map, first published in 1659, appears here for the first time with the added caption ' al-Manhate ' . See Pastoreau Duval VIII B (14 maps only), IV B (17 maps only), X D (34 maps & 35 blasons only), I C (14 maps only), VII B (28 maps only) Two volumes, 12mo (156 x 113mm). Two title-pages obtained by superimposing manuscript titling onto engraved sectional titles, hand-coloured by a near-contemporary hand, and 222 engraved double-page maps, 20 of which are folding, blazons and charts, most hand-coloured by a near-contemporary hand (one engraved textual table to vol. I repaired with about a dozen letters supplied in manuscript, map of Asia in vol. 2 closely trimmed with left marginal line cropped, else fine ). Contemporary brown morocco gilt, panelled spine gilt in compartments with red morocco lettering-pieces, sides with triple-roll gilt borders, marbled end-paper, green silk bookmarks (light wear and rubbing to extremities). Provenance: 18th-century library shelfmark on the front pastedowns.