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Nicholas Sanson (1600-1667) is considered the father of French cartography in its golden age from the mid-seventeenth century to the mid-eighteenth. Over the course of his career he produced over 300 maps; they are known for their clean style and extensive research. Sanson was largely responsible for beginning the shift of cartographic production and excellence from Amsterdam to Paris in the later-seventeenth century.

Sanson was born in Abbeville in Picardy. He made his first map at age twenty, a wall map of ancient Gaul. Upon moving to Paris, he gained the attention of Cardinal Richelieu, who made an introduction of Sanson to King Louis XIII. This led to Sanson's tutoring of the king and the granting of the title ingenieur-geographe du roi

His success can be chalked up to his geographic and research skills, but also to his partnership with Pierre Mariette. Early in his career, Sanson worked primarily with the publisher Melchior Tavernier. Mariette purchased Tavernier’s business in 1644. Sanson worked with Mariette until 1657, when the latter died. Mariette’s son, also Pierre, helped to publish the Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde (1658), Sanson' atlas and the first French world atlas.

Place/Date:
Paris / 1658
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
102581
Place/Date:
Paris / 1690
Size:
21.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
103452
Place/Date:
Paris / 1648
Size:
16 x 20 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
80926
Place/Date:
Paris / 1641
Size:
16 x 21 inches
Condition:
Stock#:
102570
Place/Date:
Paris / 1641
Size:
16 x 20 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
102567
Place/Date:
Paris / 1665
Size:
20.25 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
102859
Place/Date:
Paris / 1740 -1741
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches (each sheet)
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
102860
Place/Date:
Utrecht / 1682 circa
Size:
10 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
102735
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
21 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
102557
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
102555
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
21.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
102559
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
102558
Place/Date:
Paris / 1654
Size:
22 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
78763
Place/Date:
Frankfurth / 1679
Size:
10.75 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
97913
Place/Date:
Utrecht / 1683
Size:
10 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
93706
Place/Date:
Paris / 1656
Size:
11 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
71892
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1683
Size:
6.5 x 6 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
99687
Place/Date:
Frankfurt / 1679
Size:
10 x 8 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
97914
Place/Date:
Frankfurt / 1679
Size:
10.75 x 7.75 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
97909
Place/Date:
Nuremberg / 1679
Size:
7.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
97911

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Place/Date:
Paris / 1637
Size:
20.5 x 15.75 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
102561
Place/Date:
Paris / 1636
Size:
16.5 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
102563
Place/Date:
Paris / 1648 - 1697
Size:
12.5 x 18.5 inches (Binding)
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
102931
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
102554
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
15.5 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
102553
Place/Date:
Frankfurt / 1679
Size:
10 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
97903
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
21.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
99732
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651 circa
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
79399
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
15.5 x 21 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
98594
Place/Date:
Paris / 1641
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
90987
Place/Date:
Nuremberg / 1679
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
97910
Place/Date:
Nuremberg / 1679
Size:
10 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
97906
Place/Date:
Paris / 1679
Size:
10 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
97901
Place/Date:
Frankfurt / 1679
Size:
9.5 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
97905
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657
Size:
10 x 7.25 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
95883
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
95887
Place/Date:
Paris / 1656
Size:
21 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75511
Place/Date:
Paris / 1656 (after 1679)
Size:
21.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
95577
Place/Date:
Paris / 1683
Size:
9.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
49881
Place/Date:
Paris / 1641 - 1697
Size:
14 x 18.25 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
93865
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650 circa
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
93726
Place/Date:
Paris / 1656
Size:
11 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71653
Place/Date:
Paris / 1659
Size:
16 x 21 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
81099
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
20 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75940
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1682)
Size:
12 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
91067
Place/Date:
Paris / 1690
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
91388
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
82715
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
72238
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
78802