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Cartographer
Guillaume de L' Isle
(French, 1675 – 1726)
Datec. 1700
MediumEngraving with hand coloring
DimensionsComposition: 17 3/4 × 23 5/8 in. (45.1 × 60 cm)
Sheet: 20 5/8 × 26 in. (52.4 × 66 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.60
Not on view
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2007
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Selections from the Permanent Collection: The Beinecke Collection," June 21 - Sept. 16, 2007 (no catalog).
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Selections from the Permanent Collection: The Beinecke Collection," June 21 - Sept. 16, 2007 (no catalog).
Provenance
1971: Hamilton College, by gift of Walter Beinecke, Jr.
Markings
None noted.
Published References
Hough, Samuel J. and Penelope R.O. Hough, THE BEINECKE LESSER ANTILLES COLLECTION AT HAMILTON COLLEGE: A CATOLOGUE OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTS, MAPS, AND DRAWINGS (Trustees of Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, 1994), 321, catalogue no.C5.
Signature
Not signed.
Inscribed
"AMERICA / SEPTENTRIONALIS, / Concinnata juxta Observatio- / nes Drin Academiae Regalis / Scientiarum et nunnullorum / aliorum, et juxta annotationes / recentissimas / Per G. DE L'ISLE, Geographum. / Venalis prostat Augustae Vindelie: / apud / IEREMIAM WOLFF." at upper right in typeset in black ink; ANNOTATIO. / Sicuti multae res in hac Mappa, ut et in aliis, / qui ab hoc autore editae sunt, differunt ab illis, / quae inveniuntur in Tabulis, quae hactenais pro- / dierunt, opus erit admonere, quod hoc non acci- / derit per negligentiam, et quod is rationem red- / diturus sit de his variationibus in Nova In- / troductione ad Geographiam." at upper left in typeset in black ink; "1037. / Mott / 4-4-67 / (13c. 39)" on verso at center left in pencil.
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