Henri Chatelain (1684-1743) French/Dutch, 1719 Map of England. Titled "Nouvelle carte de l'Angleterre dans laqu'elle l'on observe." Shows all the various counties of England, eschewing Scotland but including an insert of Northumberland. 

Condition: Commensurate with age. Minor fading and damage to sides and edges. 

Size: 19 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. 

#4484  

Henri Abraham Chatelain was born in Paris in 1684. His father Zacharie was a Huguenot pastor, and the family moved several times to avoid persecution and attacks, first to St. Martin in Germany in the 1690s and then to London in 1710. Chatelain became a pastor as well, and together with his brother and father opened a printing business which would eventually become focused on cartography. Their Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction à L’Histoire was published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720, with a second edition appearing in 1732. Chatelain moved to the Hague in 1719, bringing the company (known over the years as Chatelain, Chatelain Frères, and Chatelain & Fils) with him, and began creating illustrating and hand-coloring maps of England, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Chatelain was a skilled artist and tireless researcher who combined a wealth of historical and geographical information with delicate engraving and an uncomplicated composition. The text was supplemented and compiled by Nicholas Gueudeville and H.P. de Limiers. Groundbreaking for its time, their work included studies of geography, history, ethnology, heraldry, and cosmography, and made their books highly sought after by the upper and middle classes. In addition to their maps, many of which were based on Guillaume De L’Isle, their engraving plates pay a debt to the best travel accounts of the period, such as those of Dapper, Chardin, de Bruyn, and Le Hay. Chatelain moved once more to Amsterdam in 1728, where he continued to work until his death in 1743.

Commensurate with age. Minor fading and damage to sides and edges.