Lot #: 03537

Atlas Universel Par M. Robert Geographe ordinaire du Roy

Maker:		VAUGONDY, R. de
Date:		Paris, 1757
Colored:		In original outline colors.
Size:		525 x 385 mm / 20.7 x 15.2 inches
Condition:		Full contemporary calf, attractively gilded and tooled, spine separating, relatively modest wear: engraved allegorical frontispiece, 'tables cartes' on the small strip, 2pp. advertisement, 34pp. geographical text with index page. 108 maps with original outline color and strong impressions.

$12000 / ≈ €10413

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The first edition of one of the most important 18th-century atlases and one of the great achievements of the French Enlightenment and one of the first atlases based on scientific surveys, in the tradition of D'Anville and De L'Isle.
According to Pedley ; The Atlas Universel is the prime exemplar of the authors' geographic ideal- bel et utile- beautiful and useful.
The corpus of their maps displays the finest of eighteenth-century French engraving on copperplate with fine line work and lettering and cleverly designed cartouches, which often represent the areas portrayed on the map.
This is the first edition, the second issue of the atlas, with five post-road maps added, which was made available to the subscribers for the additional cost of 6 livres. The maps are: British Isles (1757), France (1758), Germany (1757), Spain and Portugal (1757) and Italy (1756).
Expanding the contents to 108 maps. 34pp. geographical text with an index page
This popular atlas was issued by subscription and 1,118 copies were applied for in all.

The first 12 maps are of the ancient world, and the 97 maps of the modern world were updated according to the latest explorations of the New World and the Pacific. The last seven maps of the modern world are related to the Americas: "Amérique septentrionale," "Canada" (based on records held by the Dépôt de la Marine), "Colonies Angloises en Amérique," "Virginie, Mariland, & Pensilvanie" (based on the map by Fry and Jefferson), "Amérique méridionale," "Les grandes & petites Antilles," and "Isles Saint-Domingue & la Martinique."
The atlas is interesting because it presents the French view of the geographic boundaries between English and French possessions in North America, just as that rivalry developed into the French and Indian War. One of the notable American maps is the French version of Fry and Jefferson’s map of Virginia, in its first state with the boundaries of Lord Fairfax’s Grant shown.
Including a frontispice engraved by Ch. Baquoy d'après J. Oger, Tables des Cartes, Avertissement, 40 pp.

Collation

Orbis vetus

La Terre-Sainte

Imperiorum antiquorum tabula in qua prae caetris Alexandi magni, &c.

Imperium Romanum

Britannicae insulae

Gallia

Germania

Hispania

Italia

Graecia

Asia minor

Caroli magni Imperium

Mappemonde (1752)

Europe

Grandes routes d'Angleterre d'Ecosse & d'Irlande
Isles Britanniques
Angleterre
Ecosse
Irlande
Danemarck
Suède et Norvège
Partie septentrionale Russie Européenne
Partie méridionale Russie Européenne
route des Postes de France
France
Picardie Artois
Normandie
Bretagne
Maine Perche
Orléanois
Isle de France
Environs de Paris
Champagne septentrionale
Champagne méridionale
Lorraine & Barrois
Alsace
Poitou Aunis Saintonge Angoumois
Marche Limousin
Berry ...Nivernois... Bourbonois
Partie septentrionale du gouvernement général de Bourgogne
Partie méridionale du gouvernement général de Bourgogne
Partie septentrionale du Comté de Bourgogne ou Franche-Comté
Partie méridionale du Comté de Bourgogne ou Franche-Comté
Partie septentrionale du gouvernement général de la Guienne
Partie orientale du gouvernement général de la Guienne
Partie méridionale du gouvernement général de la Guienne
Languedoc
Dauphiné
Provence
Pays-Bas catholiques
Flandres
Partie septentrionale du Duché de Brabant
Partie méridionale du Duché de Brabant
Luxembourg
Hainaut... Cambresis
Lieège & Limbourg
Provinces-Unies des Pays-Bas
Route des Postes Allemagne
Allemagne
Suisse
Westphalie
Basse Saxe
Haute Saxe septentrionale
Haute Saxe méridionale
Haut & Bas Rhin
Franconie
Souabe
Bavière
Autriche septentrionale
Autriche méridionale
Tyrol
Boheme Silésie
Hongrie
Pologne
Prusse
Route des Postes Espagne Portugal
Espagne Portugal
Castille septentrionale
Castille méridionale
Aragon
Portugal septentrional
Portugal méridional
Route des Postes Italie
Italie
Lombardie occidentale
Lombardie orientale
Savoye
Etat de l'Eglise... Grand-Duché de Toscane
Naples septentrionale
Naples méridionale
Turquie Européenne
Asie

Partie occidentale de l'Empire de Russie

Partie orientale de l'Empire de Russie en Asie

Etats du Turc en Asie, & Perse

Indes Orientales

Archipel des Indes Orientales

Chine

Japon

Afrique

Egypte ancienne & moderne

Amerique Septentrionale (1750)

Partie de l'Amérique Septent. qui comprend La Nouvelle France ou le Canada
Partie de l'Amérique Septentrionale qui comprend le cours de l'Ohio (1755)

Virginie & Maryland (1755)

Amérique méridionale

Isles Antilles

Isles de S. Domingue & de la Martinique

Some copies have a list of subscribers, which is not present in our copy. In all, over 1.100 copies of this atlas were printed of which 601 in '' grand papier ''. Complete copies are now rare.

The Vaugondy's employed strict standards for including maps in this atlas and in many cases subjected them to astronomically derived readings for latitude and longitude. Moreover, 'their frequent use of eighteenth-century sources, often from the 1740s, provided their atlas with up-to-date information. Of American interest are included maps of Canada, Cours de l'Ohio, Virginia/Maryland, Amerique Meridionale, La Mer du Nord; for these maps, the Vaugondy's had access to sources held by the Depot de la Marine, the official French repository for maritime-related information.

The maps and globes produced by the Vaugondy's remain an enduring testament to the peak of French cartography during the Enlightenment. Their works, characterized by precision and the inclusion of contemporary findings, helped to shape our understanding of the world during a transformative period in European history.

Reference: Shirley, T.ROBV-1c / 1d; Nordenskiöld Collection Catalogue, 245.

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