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Nicolas De Fer / Guillaume Danet: La Sphere Artificielle . . . 1740 [Terrestrial, Celestial & Armillary Globes]
Title: La Sphere Artificielle . . . 1740 [Terrestrial, Celestial & Armillary Globes] Map Maker: Nicolas De Fer / Guillaume Danet
Description: Striking engraving of a pair of Celestial and Terrestrial Globes, with an Armillary Sphere in the center. The example is from a later edition of De Fer's Geographie, publised by his son in law and successor, Guillaume Danet, and finely engraved by H. Van Loon. Nicholas de Fer (1646-1720) was the youngest son of Parisian print and map seller, Antoine de Fer [d.1673]. He became an official geographer to both French and Spanish kings. Nicholas de Fer was one of the most prolific and influential French geographers and cartographers of the late 17th and early 18th Century.
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