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1769 BRION DE LA TOUR, L. / DESNOS, L. Ch. - l' Europe.
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| Maker: | BRION DE LA TOUR, L. / DESNOS, L. Ch. | |
| Date: | Paris, 1769 | |
| Colored: | Colored. | |
| Size: | 235 x 265 mm / 9.3 x 10.4 inches | |
| Condition: | good condition. | |
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Louis Brion de la Tour (1743–1803) & Louis Charles Desnos (1725–1805)
Louis Brion de la Tour was "Cartographer Royal" to the King of France, with the official title Ingénieur-Géographe du Roi. Geographicus gives him as (1743–1803) in most listings and (1756–1823) in others, so his dates are uncertain. He drew the maps and designed the decorative frames, and most of his work was published in partnership with Desnos. His maps are known for their elaborate rococo border work and title cartouches.Louis Charles Desnos was an important instrument maker, cartographer, globe maker and publisher in Paris. He was born in Pont-Sainte-Maxence (Oise), the son of a cloth merchant. He married the widow of Nicolas Hardy, son of the map, globe and instrument seller Jacques Hardy. He maintained his offices in the Rue Saint-Jacques. He sent the King roughly 200 livres’ worth of maps, books and atlases each year, in return for a royal title. As a publisher he produced a substantial body of work and is associated with Brion de la Tour and Zannoni (Giovanni Antonio Rizzi Zannoni). He had a long history of legal battles with other Parisian cartographers and publishers.
They are known for
- The Atlas général, civil et ecclésiastique, méthodique et élémentaire, pour l’étude de la géographie et de l’histoire was issued by Brion de la Tour and Desnos from about 1764, with reissues until about 1790. It is generally regarded as their most notable work. The atlas combined printed maps with descriptive pastedowns (text slips), and many maps have decorative borders.
- Editions were published in 1766, 1767.
- 1786 Atlas général méthodique et élémentaire
- Atlas National de France (c. 1790)
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