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LOUIS BRION DE LA TOUR (1756 - 1823)

NOUVELLE CARTE DE LA PARTIE DES INDES ORIENTALES, QUI COMPREND, ENTR`AUTRES ÉTATS, LES VASTES POSSESSIONS DES ANGLAIS, 1780


Estimate: Rs 15,000-Rs 20,000 ( $195-$260 )


Nouvelle carte de la partie des Indes Orientales, qui comprend, entr`autres états, les vastes possessions des Anglais

1780

Original hand-coloured outlined copper engraving on paper

8.75 x 10.25 in (22.5 x 26.2 cm)


Louis Brion de la Tour was the Cartographer Royal to the King of France, his official title being Ingenieur-Geographe du Roi.

De la Tour was one of the leading cartographers, his work was produced in collaboration with Louis-Charles Desnos (fl. 1750-1790) a the Danish royal cartographer. His most important work is generally considered to be his General Atlas of 1766.

This work will be shipped unframed

NON-EXPORTABLE