110. "Map of Operations in the Balkans after the Siege of Vienna" by Nicolas de Fer, Paris, 1717

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110. "Map of Operations in the Balkans after the Siege of Vienna" by Nicolas de Fer, Paris, 1717

Starting price:

EUR 250

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EUR 400

copper engraving, striated paper, hand colored, 63.2 x 48 cm

The French geographer and cartographer Nicolas de Fer (1646-1720), whose father Antoine was himself a geographer and map merchant, took over the family business in 1687 and turned it into a flourishing enterprise. Upon his death, his sons-in-law Jacques-François Bénard and Guillaume Danet continued the enterprise. Nicolas de Fer's map, engraved by the engraver Herman van Loon whose name appears in the lower left corner, represents the course of the Danube, with Hungary, Transylvania, and Bulgaria. Also featured are parts of eastern Moravia, northwestern Austria, and the Venetian Gulf. Bessarabia is present, along with the shores of the Black Sea, the mouths of the Danube, and Constantinople. Hand-colored copper engraving after printing.

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