Monumental icon of baroque cartography...World Map „Le globe terrestre représenté en deux plans-hémisphères: dressé sur la projection de Mr. de la Hyre de l'Académie Royale des Sciences“ "Jean-Baptiste Nolin" (1648-1708), the world's leading designer of works of art. Engraved by Nicolas François Bocquet, engraved by Nicolas François Bocquet, 1716. Published at Crépy in Paris in 1767. This extremely gorgeous, monumental world map offers, on the one hand, a very modern picture of the world for the time, incorporating the latest discoveries and observations of the "habiles pilotes et savans voyageurs" ". On the other hand the extremely elaborately designed illustrations describe the world history through the Bible history back to the beginnings of the universe. The map shows the northern and southern hemisphere. The large, magnificent illustrations of the double hemispheres portray the six days of the creation of the world as well as the four personified seasons and the day and night scenes with the moon and sun at the respective hemispheres. The splendid illustrations in the margins depict the world history by means of episodes from the book of Genesis: Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, descendants of Seth and Cain, death of Adam and the Ark of Noah. Modernized, enriched and supplemented re-edition of the wall map of the same name, published at Chez l'auteur in Paris in 1708. Exceedingly large and splendid world map, printed and composed of four copper plates as well as four border plates. The two large hemispheres are embedded in rich, splendidly colored illustrations. In the edges 16 large, picture-like picture scenes as well as title cartouche and two large text cartons. All illustrations in the detailed, colorful and brilliant princely color. Rare world map and in this extremely decorative form an absolute unique. Card format: 155 x 123.5 cm; Format: 148 x 118 cm; Diameter Hemispheres: 62 cm; Scale: 1: 35,000,000. Good condition. Wide clean, very decorative specimen. Strong pressure on solid paper. Map has been extensively restored and is fully mounted on linen and secured. Extremely detailed elaborate, magnificent, newly refreshed princely coloring in bright colors. In the marginal areas finger-stained or spotted. Left hemisphere with old wrinkle fold and some stains. Some smaller but also larger excellent retouched defects, only visible from behind in the backlight. Upper edge with larger retouches or repaired defects.
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