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This finely engraved and hand-colored map was based on the work of French cartographer Nicolas Sanson and published in Paris by Alexis-Hubert Jaillot. It depicts the eastern part of the Palatinate and the Electoral Palatinate along the Rhine, including the bishoprics of Speyer and Worms and the County of Leiningen.
The map presents a detailed view of the region’s political divisions, showing towns, rivers, forests, and topographical features. Boldly outlined and colored borders distinguish various territories. The Rhine River, a defining geographic and economic artery, runs through the center, connecting key cities and ecclesiastical territories. The bishoprics of Speyer and Worms, both prominent spiritual and political centers of the Holy Roman Empire, are shown.
The decorative cartouche is a highlight, framed by two allegorical figures representing abundance, draped in flowing garments and holding garlands of fruit. Above them, a coat of arms bearing the Bavarian-Palatinate heraldry reinforces the region’s noble lineage. The lower-left scale of miles is similarly framed in an elaborate rococo-style surround.
Jaillot, one of the leading French publishers of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, worked closely with the estate of Nicolas Sanson to produce large-format maps that refined and updated the geographic knowledge of the period.
Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (ca. 1632-1712) was one of the most important French cartographers of the seventeenth century. Jaillot traveled to Paris with his brother, Simon, in 1657, hoping to take advantage of Louis XIV's call to the artists and scientists of France to settle and work in Paris. Originally a sculptor, he married the daughter of Nicholas Berey, Jeanne Berey, in 1664, and went into partnership with Nicholas Sanson's sons. Beginning in 1669, he re-engraved and often enlarged many of Sanson's maps, filling in the gap left by the destruction of the Blaeu's printing establishment in 1672.
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