COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Ferraris, Josef Johan, Graf, 1726-1814
Author:
Dupuis, Louis-Andre
Date:
1777
Short Title:
No. 10. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Publisher:
No publisher
Type:
Separate Map
Obj Height cm:
59
Obj Width cm:
67
Scale 1:
86,400
Country:
Belgium
Full Title:
No.X. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens ... par le Comte de Ferraris. Gravee par L. A. Dupuis, En 1777.
List No:
11123.011
Page No:
10
Series No:
11
Engraver or Printer:
Cochin, jr., Charles Nicolas
Engraver or Printer:
Stagnon, M.A.
Publication Author:
Ferraris, Josef Johan, Graf, 1726-1814
Publication Author:
Dupuis, Louis-Andre
Pub Date:
1777
Pub Title:
Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens. Dediee a leurs majestes imperiales et royales par le Comte de Ferraris, lieutenant-general de leurs armees. Gravee par L. A. Dupuis, geographe de S.A.R. Mgr le Duc Charles Alexandre de Lorraine et de Bar. En 1777.
Pub Note:
Ferraris survey, in set of 25 hand drawn maps of The Austrian Netherlands: modern Belgium, when it was part of Austria,shetts 61x94 or smaller. The largest scale maps in 18th century The presentation of general surface and scale recognized as the same as the one in the system of cartographical delineation in Cassini survey of France. All sheets are part of a composite map, and all hand colored. Title from sheet no. 11. Geographic coverage shown in 22 sheets: nos. 1-15, 17-20, and 23-25, no. 1 (Explication), no. 16 (Engraving view): Presentee le 10 Decembre 1777 a sa Majeste Joseph II Empereur des Romains), no. 21 (Plan topographique de la ville de Bruxelles et de ses environs, 1:5,200), no. 22 (Carte general ... du Provinces Autrichiennes, with text (Avertissement), no. 23 index map. Maps are dissected, backed with linen, folded, placed into 5 brown marbled cover cardboard cases with title "Nouvelle Carte Chorographique des Pais Bas Autrichiens" stamped in gold on the spine. Maps showing principal towns, villages, geological character of the area, soil and elevation, agriculture, roads, rivers, canals, abbeys, woods and forests, vineyards, marshes, lakes and ponds, wind and water mills, and landmarks. Includes decorative carthouche, explanation to the symbols, and Index. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Prime meridian is Paris.
Pub List No:
11123.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Maps:
25
Pub Height cm:
21
Pub Width cm:
14
Image No:
11123011.jp2
Authors:
Ferraris, Josef Johan, Graf, 1726-1814; Dupuis, Louis-Andre
