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Scarce map of the British Isles, engraved by Tavernier.
The present example includes and extra sheet of text, originally produced by Nicolas Sanson. The present example of the text was modified and updated by Abram de la Plasen for Sanson's heirs and is dated 1715.
Melchior Tavernier was a member of a large family involved in the publishing trade in Paris in the early years of the seventeenth century. Early in his career, he apparently collaborated with Henricus Hondius, as at least one of his early maps references Tavernier as the seller of a map engraved in Amsterdam, by Hondius. He is probably best known for his publication of a map of the Post Roads of France, which was copied many times until the end of the century. He also issued an atlas under the same title as J. le Clerc's Theatre Geographique, using many of Le Clerc's maps, but incorporating others from different sources. He published composite atlases and also published works for other cartographers, including N. Sanson, N. Tassin, and P. Bertius. He is not to be confused with his nephew of the same name (1594-1665), who also engraved maps for Nicolas Sanson.
![[ Roman British Isles] Britannicae Insulae, in quibus Albium sive Britannia Maior Iuernia sive Britannia Minor, tum et Orcades, Ebudes, Cassiterides](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/89461.jpg)
