Nice large frontispiece from "Atlas Historique" by Zacharie Chatelain, father of Henri Chatelain, engraved by Bernard Picart.
Large in folio, verso blank.
This frontispice is an allegory of world trade. The scene represents a symbolic meeting between Asia, the woman dressed in yellow and pink, and America, the armed and exotic woman, and Africa, the woman on the left. Above in the sky, Mercury, god of commerce. This composition illustrates the economic and cultural relations between Europe and other continents, mediated by maritime trade.
Size of the page : 45 x 28 cm / 17,7 x 11 inches
Edition : Amsterdam, dated 1719, 18th century.
Condition : good condition, a small repair in lower and upper margin, in colors.
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.
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