COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Capitaine, Louis, ca. 1749-ca. 1797
Attributed Author:
Cassini family
Attributed Author:
Cassini, Cesar-Francois, 1714-1784
Date:
1797
Short Title:
Index: Carte de France.
Publisher:
Carte de la France Directeures
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Atlas Map
Type:
Index Page
Obj Height cm:
36
Obj Width cm:
37
Scale 1:
3,960,000
Note:
Index to the 182 sheets and to reduced 24-sheet map. Engraved. Legend at bottom. David Rumsey collection with stamps: " ... An 8." and "Depot Gl. de la Guenne."
Country:
France
Full Title:
Tableau de la carte generale de la France. Pour servir a l'assemblage de 24 feuilles de la carte reduite sur l'Echelle d'une ligne pour 400 toises, et de celle en 180 feuilles. Le Depot des Cartes est a l'Observatoire ..., Ches L. Capitaine, Associe et Pr. Ingenieur de la Carte generale de la France. A Paris. (1797?)
List No:
5694B
Series No:
2
Publication Author:
Cassini family
Publication Author:
Cassini, Cesar-Francois, 1714-1784
Pub Date:
1750
Pub Title:
Carte de France. Levee par ordre du Roy. (1750-1815)
Pub Reference:
Konvitz, J. Cartography in France 1660-1848, p. 21-31; Pelletier, M. Les cartes des Cassini; Pelletier, M. Le carte de Cassini.
Pub Note:
182 maps on sheets 64 x 95 cm. or smaller + index map "Tableau de la carte generale de la France." Title from sheet 1 (feuille 1). Also called "Carte geometrique de la France," "Carte generale de la France," and "Carte de Cassini." Relief shown by hachures. "Grave par C. Aldring ... J. A. Aveline ... R. Brunet ... N. Chalmandrier ... B. Desfontaines ... Dupain ... Durand ... Foin ... Le Roy le jeune ... J. Seguin (and others)." David Rumsey Collection copy bound in 2 v., quarter brown leather with marbled boards. Spine title, "Atlas des ca(rtes) de Cassini", Tom, I, II. Index map in v. 1
Pub List No:
5694.000
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Pub Maps:
182
Pub Height cm:
66
Pub Width cm:
53
Image No:
5694b
Authors:
Capitaine, Louis, ca. 1749-ca. 1797; Cassini family; Cassini, Cesar-Francois, 1714-1784
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
Index: Carte de France.
