NOLIN | Le Globe Terrestre Represente En Deux Plans-Hemispheres, 1775, large hand-coloured wall-map

NOLIN, JEAN-BAPTISTE

LE GLOBE TERRESTRE REPRESENTE EN DEUX PLANS-HEMISPHERES. PARIS, 1775

Large engraved wall-map (1190 x 1480mm., engraved area; 1350 x 1650mm., total area), hand-coloured, attached border consisting of 16 pictorial vignettes depicting in contemporary terms events from history, allegorical spandrel vignettes, backed on linen, minor repairs or restoration

A GOOD EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE FINEST LARGE-SCALE MAPS EVER PRODUCED.

"This splendid Globe Terrestre by J.B. Nolin.. is one of the finest large-scale world maps to be produced and is a fitting bridge between the geographical and artistic skills of the seventeenth century and the century to come. The twin hemispheres and their decorative surround are engraved on four sheets with further strips comprising a broad pictorial border and, at the bottom, architectural columns of text" (Shirley).

LITERATURE:

cf. Shirley 605

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