PCT-59224

Antique Map of Great Britain and Ireland by Brion de la Tour (1766)

  • Condition: Good, given age. Light browning and some spots in the margins. Original middle fold as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study image carefully.
  • Date: 1766
  • Overall size: 38 x 29.3 cm.
  • Image size: 30 x 27.5 cm.
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.. Antique Map of Great Britain and Ireland by Brion de la Tour (1766)

Description: Antique map titled 'Les Isles Britanniques (..).' Attractive map of Great Britain surrounded by an engraved border printed from a separate copper plate. Source unknown, to be determined.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Louis Brion de la Tour' after 'Louis Charles Desnos'. Made by 'Louis Brion de la Tour ' after 'Louis-Charles Desnos'. Louis Brion de la Tour (1756 - 1823) was a Ingenieur-Geographe du Roi. De la Tour was one of the leading cartographers, his work was produced in collaboration with Louis-Charles Desnos (1750-1790) a Danish royal cartographer publisher.