Chiquet’s Map of Muscovy
SKU: 9078
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Chiquet’s Map of Muscovy
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Estats du Grand Duc de Moscovie ou de l’Empereur de la Russie Blanche
This map of Muscovy, or European Russia, was published in Chiquet’s ‘Le nouveau et curieux atlas géographique et historique ...’. Read more
Chiquet (1673-1721) was a relatively successful Parisian engraver, print- and map-seller. He published Antoine Menard’s ‘Le nouveau et curieux atlas’ in 1711, and reprinted it with Menard’s name burnished from the plate and replaced with his own and a new date, 1719, as here.
Condition & Materials
Copper engraving, 17 x 22.5 cm, original hand colour in outline, blank verso. Read less