Title Page for the first volume of Chatelain’s Atlas Historique Printed Area Measurement_38 x 49.5 cm corners renewed

corners renewed

and later Chief Valuer to the Inland Revenue)

one of the big four Spanish banks

stretching back into the Anglo-Saxon era (a school of thought asserted that its origins lay with the fleet ordered by King Alfred in 896)

when the United Provinces still led Europe in the field of map-making

Title Page for the first volume of Chatelain’s Atlas Historique Printed Area Measurement_38 x 49.5 cm corners renewed[Title page] Atlas Historique The classical muses on this title page represent Chronology, History, Navigation and Geography. Atlas braces himself against a crumbling pyramid, supporting the heavens, while the title of the atlas is suspended on a banner, borne by the winged angel of fame. It was engraved for the first volume of Chatelains historical atlas. Condition & Materials Copper engraved title page, 40 x 24. 5 cm, black and white as issued,