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Large Antique Map of France by De Wit, c.1680
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Antique map titled 'Accuratissima Galliae Tabula vulgo Royaume de France'. Detailed map of France. Shows provinces, cities, rivers etc.
Artists and Engravers: Frederick de Wit (1629 ca.-1706) was a mapmaker and mapseller who was born in Gouda but who worked and died in Amsterdam. He moved to the city in 1648, where he opened a printing operation under the name of The Three Crabs; later, he changed the name of his shop to The White Chart. From the 1660s onward, he published atlases with a variety of maps; he is best known for these atlases and his Dutch town maps. After Frederik’s death in 1706, his wife Maria ran the shop for four years before selling it. Their son, Franciscus, was a stockfish merchant and had no interest in the map shop. At the auction to liquidate the de Wit stock, most of the plates went to Pieter Mortier, whose firm eventually became Covens & Mortier, one of the biggest cartography houses of the eighteenth century.
Condition: Fair, age-related toning. Repair on folding line and near the English channel. Some other wear and minor defects. Blank verso, please study image carefully.
Date: c.1680
Overall size: 60.5 x 52 cm.
Image size: 58 x 49 cm.
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- Creator:Frederick de Wit (Maker)
- Dimensions:Height: 20.48 in (52 cm)Width: 23.82 in (60.5 cm)Depth: 0 in (0.01 mm)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1680
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- Seller Location:Langweer, NL
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Frederick de Wit
Frederick De Wit (1629-1706) was an engraver, cartographer and map dealer who ran a prominent and productive printing business in Amsterdam, founded in 1654 and initially called The Three Crabs and later The White Chart. He published his first atlas in 1662. In 1695 he purchased a large collection of the plates of the prestigious Blaeu publishing business. After his death in 1706, his wife Maria continued in the business for four years before selling it at the auction. A majority of the plates were purchased by Pieter Mortier. His thriving and growing business eventually became Covens & Mortier, one of the largest and most successful cartography and printing businesses of the eighteenth century.
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