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Nicholas de Fer (1646-1720) was the son of a map seller, Antoine de Fer, and grew to be one of the most well-known mapmakers in France in the seventeenth century. He was apprenticed at twelve years old to Louis Spirinx, an engraver. When his father died in 1673, Nicholas helped his mother run the business until 1687, when he became the sole proprietor.

His earliest known work is a map of the Canal of Languedoc in 1669, while some of his earliest engravings are in the revised edition of Methode pour Apprendre Facilement la Geographie (1685). In 1697, he published his first world atlas. Perhaps his most famous map is his wall map of America, published in 1698, with its celebrated beaver scene (engraved by Hendrick van Loon, designed by Nicolas Guerard). After his death in 1720, the business passed to his sons-in-law, Guillaume Danet and Jacques-Francois Benard. 

Place/Date:
Paris / 1694
Size:
43.5 x 31.3 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
73331
Place/Date:
Paris / 1695 circa
Size:
27 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
61722op
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
18.5 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
80256
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
18.5 x 18.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
102999
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
93182
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705 circa
Size:
23 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
28131
Place/Date:
Paris / 1700
Size:
12.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
90140
Place/Date:
Paris / 1710
Size:
7 x 5.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
69697
Place/Date:
Paris / 1689
Size:
11.7 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
100722
Place/Date:
Paris / 1716
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
31269
Place/Date:
Paris / 1683
Size:
7 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101316
Place/Date:
Paris / 1703
Size:
12.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
86549
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
26376

Archived

Place/Date:
Paris / 1694 (1698)
Size:
70 x 48 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0084
Place/Date:
Paris / 1694 (1730)
Size:
70 x 48 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
29612
Place/Date:
Paris / 1694 (1711)
Size:
40 x 59 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
32916hs
Place/Date:
Paris / 1730
Size:
43 x 31 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
81912
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
21.75 x 18.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
37353
Place/Date:
Paris / 1695 ( 1730)
Size:
27 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
27909
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
27 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
29028
Place/Date:
Paris / 1695
Size:
27 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
32432
Place/Date:
Paris / 1695
Size:
27 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
38147
Place/Date:
Paris / 1713
Size:
29.5 x 21 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
28061
Place/Date:
Paris / 1709
Size:
31 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
28505
Place/Date:
Paris / 1706 circa
Size:
35 x 23.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
57384