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Antique maps by Nicolas Sanson

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.

Britannicae insulae, in quibus Albium..., Iverni... tum et Orcades, Ebudes, Cassiterides... 1641

Melchior Tavernier / Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1641

Size:

20 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

62165

Calabre citérieure et ultérieure... 1648

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1648

Size:

16 x 22 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

50477

Canada, sive Nova Francia &c.

Nicolas Sanson / Adam Friedrich Zurner

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1679

Size:

12 x 8.25 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

97902

Carte des rivières de la France, curieusement recherchée par Nicolas Sanson... 1641

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1641

Size:

20 x 16 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

63074

Carte Generale D'Espagne et de tous les Royaumes . . . 1658

Melchior Tavernier / Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1641

Size:

22 x 16 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

80119

Carte Generale de l'Empire d'Allemagne et Pays Circonvoisins . . . 1658

Melchior Tavernier / Pierre Mariette / Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1658

Size:

22 x 16 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

102578

Carte Generale des Royaume D'Angleterre Escosse et Irlande Avecq les Isles circonnuisines Conues toutes Soubs le nom Britaniques . . . 1658

Nicolas Sanson / Pierre Mariette / Melchior Tavernier

Place/Date:

Paris / 1658

Size:

15.5 x 21 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

102580

Champaigne et Brie etc.

Nicolas Sanson / Nicolaes Visscher II

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1698 circa

Size:

20 x 16 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

76378

Chili, ad mentem Alphi de Ovalle, e civitate Imperiali Oriundus. Per N. Sanson

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Nuremberg / 1679

Size:

7.5 x 10.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

97911

Cours du Danube, de puis Belgrade jusques au Pont Euxin, ou song, d'un coste la Transilvanie, La Valaquie, La Moldavie, La Bessarabie; et l'autre La Bulgarie, La Romanie, et. partie de la Servie, et de la Macedonie . . . 1665

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1665

Size:

22 x 18 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

76877

Die gantze Erd-Kugel / Bestehend Inden vier befannten Theilen der Welt / Als Europa, Asia, Africa und America Sampt schoenen neuen unde accuraten Land=Karten . . . .

Nicolas Sanson / Joannes Zunners

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1679

Size:

7.5 x 9.8 inches (binding)

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

94391

Duché de Poméranie , divisé en ses princip. parties qui sont les princip. de Rugue, duchés de Stettin, Poméranie, Cassubie et Wandalie, comté de Gutzkow, baro. ou seign. de Wolgast, Barth, Louwenbourg et Butow... 1654

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1654

Size:

20 x 13 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

50459

Ertz-Hertzogthumb Oesterreich -- Archiduche d'Austriche Haute, et Basse, . . . 1657

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1657

Size:

20 x 12.25 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

88828

Estats de l'Empire du Grand Seigneur des Turqs ou Sultan des Ottomans en Asie, en Afrique, et en Europe . . . 1679

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1679

Size:

22 x 16.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

83440

Estats de l'église et de Toscane . . . 1648

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1648

Size:

22 x 16.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

64133

Estats De La Couronne De Pologne ou sont les Royaume de Pologne, Duches et Provinces De Prusse, Cuiave, Mazovie, Russie Noire &c. Duches De Lithuanie, Volynie Podolie &c. De L'Ukraine &c . . . 1655

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1655

Size:

23 x 17 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

102582

Estats du Czar ou Grand duc de la Russie Blanche ou Moscovie

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1648

Size:

19.5 x 16 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

22545

Estats du Duc de Savoye au dela des Alpes, et vers l'Italie, qui passent communemt sous le nom de Piemont, ou sont les Duche d'Auost, Marqsat. d'Yvree, Seignrie de Verceil, Marqsat de Suse, Principte de Piemont, Cote. D'Ast, Marqsat de Saluce, Cotat de Nice &c.

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1665 circa

Size:

17 x 21.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

77624

Estats et Royaumes de Fez et Maroc, Darha et Segelmesse. . . 1655

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1655

Size:

20.5 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

73165

Estats, de l'Empire des Turqs en Europe, et Pays cicomvoisins ; outre lesquels sont Hongrie, Transilvanie, Valaquie, Moldavie, Petite Tartarie... 1655

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1655

Size:

19 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

76561

Fretum Magellanicum cum terris & Insulis adjacentibus

Nicolas Sanson / Adam Friedrich Zurner

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1679

Size:

10 x 8 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

97914

Galliae Antiquae descriptio geographica... 1641

Melchior Tavernier / Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1641

Size:

16 x 21 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

102570

Germania antiqua . . . 1703

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1703

Size:

31.5 x 16 inches (plus text)

Condition:

Stock#:

82012

Germania antiqua... 1641

Melchior Tavernier / Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1641

Size:

21 x 16 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

50506

Germano-Sarmatia in qua populi maiores Venedi et Aestiaei, Peucini et Bastarnae in minores populos divisi ad hodiernam locorum et regionum positionem respondent... 1655

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1655

Size:

21.5 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

102577

Gouvernement General De La Picardie, Artois, Boulenois, et Pays Reconquis &c. . . . 1651

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1651

Size:

21 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

85709

Graciae Antiquae Tabula Geographica Cujus QuinqueMajores Parts Sunt Macedonia, Theassalia, Epirus, Achaia et Peloponnesus . . . .1703

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1705

Size:

31 x 17 inches (plus text)

Condition:

Stock#:

82022

Haute Ethiopie ou sont L'Empire Des Abissins, La Nubie, et le Zanguebar . . . 1655

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1655

Size:

20 x 16 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

61951

Haute Saxe ou Estats du Duc et Eslecteur et des Ducs de la Maison Eslectorale de Saxe &c. ou sont les Duche de Saxe, Marquisat de Misnie, Landgraviat de Turinge, Marquisat de Lusace &c. subdivises en leurs Principales parties, estats & c... 1655

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1655

Size:

18 x 14 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

80533

Haute, ou Petite Pologne; ou sont les Palatinats de Cracow, Sandomirie, et Lublin . . . 1666

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1666

Size:

21 x 16 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

75819

Hertzogthuber Steyer Karnten, Krain &c. Duches De Stirie, Carinthe, Carniole, Comte de Cilley, Marq.sat de Windes, et Autres Estats Unis et hereditaires aux Arhciducs d'Austriche . . .

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1690 circa

Size:

22.5 x 16 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

77986

Hispaniae Antiquae Tabulae . . . 1641

Melchior Tavernier / Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1641

Size:

16 x 20 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

102567

Hongrie, Transilvanie, Esclavonie, Croacie, Bosnie, Dalmacie &c. et partie des Pays Circomvoisins; vers La Pologne, L'Allemagne, L'Italie &c. . . . 1665

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1665

Size:

22 x 17 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

73917

Illyricum Occidentis. Cuj.Partes IV. Rhaetia, Noricum, Pannonia, et Illyris Provinciae IX - Rhaetia, Vindelicia, Noricum Mediteraneum, et Ripse. Pannonia Prima, et Secunda Savia, et Valeria, et in Illyride Popul Iapodes, Liburni et Dalmatae . . .

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1667

Size:

34 x 17 inches Including Text

Condition:

Stock#:

82077

Illyricum Orientis In quo Partes, II Moesia, et Thracia Provinciae XI

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Padova / 1666

Size:

32.5 x 16.5 inches Including Text

Condition:

Stock#:

82079

Isle de Madagascar ou de St. Laurens. Tiree de Sanutu &c. . . . 1656

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1656

Size:

11 x 7.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

71892

Isle et Royme de Sardeigne

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1658

Size:

11.75 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

77928

Isles Britanniques . . .

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1657 (1683)

Size:

7.5 x 9.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

83662

Konigreich Boheim. Royaume de Boheme. divise en ses Quinze Cercles, ou Provinces &c. . . . 1654

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1654

Size:

15 x 19 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

50455

L'Hydrographie ou Descriprion de L'Eau c'est a dire des Mers, Golfes, Lacs, Destroits, et Rivieres principales, qui font dans la Surface du Globe Terrestre

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1652

Size:

21 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

64423

L'Inde deca et dela le Gange, ou est L'Empire du Grand Mogol Et Pays Circonvoisins Tiree de Purchas . . . 1654

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1654

Size:

21 x 13.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

52227

La Beauce ou sont les Eslections de Chartres, Dourdan, Estampes Pluviers, Chasteau-Dun, et Pays Circovoisins

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1652

Size:

22.5 x 16.25 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

85777

La Chine Royaume . . . 1656

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1656

Size:

21 x 16 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

50420

La Floride . . .

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Utrecht / 1682 circa

Size:

10 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

102735

La Grande Tartarie

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1683

Size:

9.5 x 7.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

49725

La Prusse duché divisée en royale et ducale, la royale, la ducale en ses trois cercles subdivisés en leurs princip. parties . . . 1723

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1723

Size:

21 x 16 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

80099

Le Canada ou Nouvelle France &c. Ce qui set les plus advance vers le Septenrion est tier de dives Relations des Anglois, Danois &c. . . . 1656

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1656

Size:

21 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

99318

Le Nouveau Mexique et La Floride: Tirees de diverses Cartes, et Relations . . . 1656

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1656

Size:

21.5 x 12.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

95763

Le Paraguay Tire des Relations les plus Recentes . . . 1668

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1668

Size:

21.5 x 16 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

32329mb

Le Royaume D'Angleterre divise dans les sept Roaumes ou Heptarchies des Anglois=Saxons. . .

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1660 circa

Size:

20 x 16 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

79466

Archived

[Western Finland] Cajanie, ou Bothnie Orientale Tiree de celles d'Andr. Burae et de Isaac Maasa . . . 1666

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1666

Size:

22.5 x 17 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

87837

[With extensive manuscript text on verso] Le Canada ou Nouvelle France &c. Ce qui set les plus advance vers le Septenrion est tier de dives Relations des Anglois, Danois &c. . . . 1656

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1656

Size:

22 x 16 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

69092

Abbrege De La Carte De La Chine du R.P. Bouyn Iesuiste . . . [Rare Atlas of Asia with 3 rare maps of China] L'Asie, en plusieurs cartes nouvelles et exactes . . .

Pierre Mariette & Nicolas Sanson & Sanson fils

Place/Date:

Paris / 1670 circa

Size:

10 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

52605a

Abbrege De La Carte De La Chine du R.P. Martinius Iesuiste . . . [Rare Atlas of Asia with 3 rare maps of China] L'Asie, en plusieurs cartes nouvelles et exactes . . .

Pierre Mariette & Nicolas Sanson & Sanson fils

Place/Date:

Paris / 1670 circa

Size:

10 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

52605b

Abbrege De La Carte De La Chine du R.P. Michel Ruggiery Iesuiste . . . [Rare Atlas of Asia with 3 rare maps of China] L'Asie, en plusieurs cartes nouvelles et exactes . . .

Pierre Mariette & Nicolas Sanson & Sanson fils

Place/Date:

Paris / 1670 circa

Size:

10 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

52605c

Africa Vetus… 1650

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1650

Size:

15.5 x 21 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

50497

Africa Vetus… 1650

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1650

Size:

15.5 x 21 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

61927

Africa Vetus… 1650

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1650

Size:

15.5 x 21 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

98594

Afrique

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1683

Size:

11 x 8 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

49916

Afrique

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1683

Size:

6.5 x 6 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

78887

Afrique . . . 1650

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1650

Size:

21.5 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

22532

Afrique . . . 1650

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1650

Size:

21.5 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

23078

Afrique . . . 1650

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1650

Size:

15.25 x 21 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

50423

Afrique . . . 1650

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1650

Size:

22 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

78802

Afrique . . . 1690

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1690

Size:

22 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

91388

Allemagne . . .

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1683

Size:

9 x 7 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

50772

America Septentrionalis

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1679

Size:

10 x 8 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

13545

America Septentrionalis (California as an Island -- First Edition!)

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1679

Size:

9.5 x 7 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

64291

America Settentrional…[California as an Island]

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Italy / 1683

Size:

6.5 x 5.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

6488

America Settentrional…[California as an Island]

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Italy / 1683

Size:

6.5 x 5.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

7034

Americque Septentrionale

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1682

Size:

10 x 8 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

8061

Americque Septentrionale (California as an Island -- First Edition!)

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1657

Size:

10 x 8 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

27359

Americque Septentrionale (California as an Island -- First Edition!)

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1657

Size:

10 x 8 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

29326

Americque Septentrionale . . . 1657 (California as an Island -- First Edition!)

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1657

Size:

10 x 8 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

47101

Americque Septentrionale Par N.Sanson . . .

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1683

Size:

6.5 x 6 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

33298gm

Americque Septentrionale Par N.Sanson . . . (California as an Island)

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1683 circa

Size:

6.5 x 6 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

45795

Americque Septentrionale Par N.Sanson . . . (California as an Island)

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1683 ?

Size:

6.5 x 6 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

46650

Americque Septentrionale Par N.Sanson . . . (California as an Island)

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1683 ?

Size:

11.5 x 8.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

49044

Americque Septentrionale Par N.Sanson . . . (California as an Island)

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1683 ?

Size:

10.5 x 7.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

57519

Americque Septentrionale Par N.Sanson . . . (California as an Island)

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1683 ?

Size:

10.5 x 7.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

63586

Americque Septentrionale Par N.Sanson . . . (California as an Island)

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1683 ?

Size:

6.5 x 6 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

67116

Americque Septentrionale Par N.Sanson . . . (California as an Island)

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1683 circa

Size:

11 x 7.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

81894

Americque Septentrionale Par N.Sanson d'Abbeville Geographe du Roy.

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1683

Size:

6.5 x 6 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

67470

Americque Septentrionale Par N.Sanson…

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1683

Size:

6.5 x 6 inches

Condition:

VG-

Stock#:

3021

Americque Septentrionale Par N.Sanson…

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1683

Size:

6.5 x 6 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

8609

Amerique Meridionale

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1657

Size:

10 x 8 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

8616

Amerique Meridionale

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1657

Size:

10 x 8 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

27823

Amerique Meridionale

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1657 (1683)

Size:

10 x 8 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

50327

Amerique Meridionale . . . 1650

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1657

Size:

19.5 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

1042hh

Amerique Meridionale . . . 1650

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1650

Size:

21.5 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

40131

Amerique Meridionale . . . 1650

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1650

Size:

21.5 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

47024

Amerique Meridionale . . . 1650

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1650

Size:

21.5 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

49036

Amerique Meridionale . . . 1650

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1650

Size:

21.5 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

52451

Amerique Meridionale ... 1650

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1650

Size:

21.5 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

52208

Amerique Meridionale... 1650

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1650

Size:

21.5 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

50487

Amerique Meridionale…

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1662

Size:

10 x 8 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

2701

Amerique Septentrionale

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Utrecht / 1682

Size:

10 x 8 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

13105

Amerique Septentrionale

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1662

Size:

10 x 8 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

2685

Amerique Septentrionale

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1683

Size:

6.5 x 5.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

6604

Amerique Septentrionale . . . 1650

Nicolas Sanson

Place/Date:

Paris / 1650 (1651)

Size:

22 x 16 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

0516