Roman Spain and Portugal with the Balearic Islands, d'Anville, 1818
€ 255
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Date
1818
Mapmaker / artist
Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, cartographer
Publisher
Ledoux et Tenré, Paris
Technique
Copper Engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14399-22
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Marked handling soiling along all four edges. Foxing over much of the margin. Complete sheet, all four corners present. Several larger brown marks, one in the sea near the Balearic Islands. Center fold as issued.
About this sheet
An original copper engraved map, uncolored, of the Iberian peninsula in Roman times, with the Pyrenees and the Aquitani to the north, the coast of Gaul to Massilia, the Balearic Islands and the tip of Africa at Tingis. Peoples are lettered across the land, among them the Vascones, Ilergetes, Carpetani, Oretani, Contestani, Turdetani, Vettones and Lusitani. Numantia, Pompelo, Ilerda, Tarraco, Barcino, Emporiae, Dertosa, Saguntus, Valentia, Carthago Nova, Toletum, Castulo, Corduba, Hispalis, Gades, Emerita Aug., Olisippo and Bracara Augusta are placed, and modern Madrid is marked. The Durius, Tagus and Baetis are traced, the Fretum Gaditanum names the strait, and the islands are lettered Baleares Ins., with Major, Minor and the Pityusae. A meridian line lettered Méridien de Paris runs through the sea off Barcino.
The cartouche at lower right reads L'Espagne / pour l'Histoire Romaine / de Rollin, / par d'Anville Géographe du Roi. The plate number Pl. 22 is engraved above the upper right corner of the neatline. A line along the top reads Longitude comptée du Méridien de Paris et selon la Graduation de la Terre supposée Sphérique. Two scale bars below the cartouche read Milles Romains, évalués 755 Toises et demie and Lieues Françaises de 3000 Pas Géom. ou 2500 Toi.
The plate belongs to the Atlas de Géographie Ancienne, published in Paris in 1818 by Ledoux et Tenré and printed by Didot le jeune to accompany the works of Charles Rollin (1661 to 1741), author of the Histoire ancienne and the Histoire romaine. Its maps were engraved after the originals of Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697 to 1782). In the signed foreword Ambroise Tardieu, géographe-graveur, states that the maps were copied with religious fidelity and that, charged with revising the proofs, he had only to correct negligences and faults of execution.
This is an original antique map, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
