Antique Map Of Charolais - Auvergne

The surroundings of the long pond.
Original map engraved in 1635.
Ian Van Damme, Sr. of Amendale & Leclerc cartographers.
2 small rednesses in the cartridge.
Very good state.
Sheet size: 54.5 x 42.5 cm.
Engraving format: 50 x 37.5 cm.
Original engraving of 1635

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Printer-librarian, publisher and engraver of prints; geographer and map editor. - Son of the printer and publisher of Parisian prints Jean III Le Clerc; elder brother of the printer-librarian and editor of prints David Le Clerc. Baptized on August 16, 1560, he is the godson of the Parisian engraver François Desprez and the painter Jérôme Bollery. In activity since 1587. Between 1590 and 1594, he is probably a refugee in Tours, where he works for the printer-librarian Maurice Bouguereau. Gets Dec. 20 1619 a six-year privilege to "engrave the maps of the provinces of France and the portraits of the patriarchs and princes of the Hebrew people with chronological history". Edited, among others, engravings of Jacques Granthomme, Pierre I Firenze, Leonard Gaultier and Thomas de Leu. Died in Paris in 1621 or in 1622; on this last date his widow, Frémine Ricard (or: Richard), is attested in his succession. His son Jean V Le Clerc, also engraver and publisher of prints, was received bookseller from 1618.