Title of the view:

"VUE DE LA VILLE DU GRAND CAIRE ET DE SES ENVIRONS". 

 

Large antique copper engraved views of Cairo, Egypt, by Henri Abraham CHATELAIN (1684-1743). 

This nice plate shows four great views of Cairo highlighting its architecture and the busy Nile River. The views are flanked with extensive French text describing the vicinity, commerce, and history of the region.




Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743) was a parisian Huguenot pastor. 

His famous work is the "Atlas Historique", published in seven volumes. Originally published in Amsterdam between 1705 and 1720 by L'Honoré et Châtelain, L'Atlas Historique was corrected, increased and republished until 1739, the date of the fourth and last edition.  

This encyclopedic work explains the history and the genealogy of the continents, with the geography, cosmography, topography, heraldry, and ethnography. 

The text is from Nicolas Gueudeville, a French geographer.

Henri Chatelain represents the golden age of French cartography.



Edition : Amsterdam, 1719, 18th Century

Size with margins : 55 x 45 cm / 21,6 x 17,7 inches

Condition : very good condition, well engraved, in colors.









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