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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 / 1754
Size:
6 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
65764
Place/Date:
Paris / 1695 circa
Size:
27 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
61722op
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
81967

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Paris / 1705
Size:
13.5 x 9 inches
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VG
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70621
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13.5 x 9 inches
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VG+
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72940
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
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13.5 x 9 inches
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VG+
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3618
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
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13.5 x 9 inches
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5408
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
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13.5 x 9 inches
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9673
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Paris / 1705
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13.5 x 9 inches
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15924
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Paris / 1705
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13.5 x 9 inches
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18904
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
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13.5 x 9 inches
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21313
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
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VG
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26937
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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31226
Place/Date:
Paris / 1700
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
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VG+
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0363
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
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19683
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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27058
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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31500
Place/Date:
Paris / 1701
Size:
12.5 x 9.5 inches
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VG
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43518
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Paris / 1705
Size:
12.5 x 9.5 inches
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VG
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15949
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
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12.5 x 9.5 inches
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VG
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27461
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
12.5 x 9.5 inches
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VG
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31751
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Paris / 1717
Size:
13 x 8.5 inches
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VG
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15971
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
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13 x 8.5 inches
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VG
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26476
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
13 x 8.5 inches
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VG
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31033
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
27.5 x 17.5 inches
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VG
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26382
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
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27.5 x 17.5 inches
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VG+
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29386
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Paris / 1705
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27.5 x 17.5 inches
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6245
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Paris / 1705
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14 x 17.5 inches
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VG
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15974
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Paris / 1705 circa
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8 x 5.5 inches
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VG
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30502
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
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13 x 8.5 inches
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VG
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23965
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Paris / 1710
Size:
7.5 x 5.5 inches
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VG
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28500
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
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VG
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26621
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Paris / 1705
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13 x 9.5 inches
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VG
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31380
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
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13.5 x 9 inches
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VG
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15966
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
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27928
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
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31009