Art

Nicolas de Fer inherited a respectable cartographic business in Paris from his parents, and turned it into a flourishing enterprise by the end of the seventeenth century. De Fer became "Geographer of his Catholic Majesty and his Highness the Dauphine". This wonderful map of northern Italy and of the Tirol is from his "Atlas Curieux ou Le Monde...". The region covered is highly mountainous and well forested. The map features Lake Garda in the south to Kufstein and Innsbrück in the north, The Gulf of Venice and Friuli. Size: 275 x 400 mm. Coloured copperplate engraving. Very good condition.