Author: BRACKE Wouter - FERRARIS Joseph-Jean de :
Title: De grote atlas van Ferraris. De eerste atlas van België. Kabinetskaart van de Oostenrijkse Nederlanden en het Prinsbisdom Luik 1777. Le grand atlas de Ferraris. Le premier atlas de la Belgique. Carte de Cabinet des Pays-Bas autrichiens et de la Principauté de Liège 1777 ( facsimile ) .
Description: .: 10. Lannoo, Tielt ( in cooperation with the Royal Belgian Library ,the National Cartographical Institute, éditions Racine ), 2007, large in-folio ( 51 x 41 cm). Facsimile edition of the 275 maps, with a 16 pp bi-lingual commentary ( French-Dutch). Bound in an illustrated publisher's cased binding. Kept in an illustrated cardboard box with a handle. Box with minimal traces of use, upper inner joint on the point of splitting. Full size facsimile edition of the first detailed atlas of the Southern Netherlands ( the actual Belgium). The maps were made on the very large scale of 1/20.000. This scale would later be adopted by many cartographers for their ordnance survey maps. In 1777 it was a revolutionary concept. ISBN 9789020981384. (Due to larger/size weight of this book, additional shipping charges may apply depending on customer location.). .

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