Nicholas De Fer’s Shop
Nicolas de Fer (1646-1720) was one of the leading publishers of maps in Paris at the end of…
Forlani’s Works: Part II
26a. 1564: Anonymous Rome, Territory of state 1La Descrittione della campagna di ROMA, detta dagli / antichi LATIVM,…
California on the East Coast
Mallet: Novveav Continent. From the German edition, ‘Beschreibung Des Gantzen Welt-Kriesses’ (‘Description de l’Univers’), published by Johann David…
A Beginner’s Guide to Re-engraving
The cost of producing a copperplate map, or even an atlas, represented a considerable investment for any publisher…
Curiosities: Asia in the Shape of a Pegasus
One of the most unusual works relating to the Bible was composed by Heinrich Bunting, and first published…
Collation: Rocque’s Plans & Forts in America
A SET of / PLANS and FORTS / IN / AMERICA. / Reduced from Actual Surveys / 1763.…
Biography: John Rocque
John Rocque (properly Jean) was a French Huguenot émigré, one of four children (including three brothers), who seems…
A Short History of Print Art from 1500 to 1860
There is a mystique surrounding the ways that old prints were made, although the main printing techniques are…
Geography Bewitched!
Or: A Droll Caricature Map of Scotland Robert Dighton was a well known painter of portraits and caricatures,…