{"product_id":"21909-delisle-guillaume-composite-atlas-1700-1745","title":"Delisle, Guillaume (1675-1726). Composite Atlas. 1700-1745","description":"Atlas folio, 17 x 22 inches [42 x 55 cm], including 95 double-page maps, some folding, by Delisle dated between 1700-1745, most hand-colored in outline and with watercolor detailing. Without any preliminaries, title, or index (as issued), this atlas having been made to individual order from stocks of maps held by the publisher. With the maps numbered sequentially and titled in a contemporary hand on the front-facing right blanks, lacking numbers 14,17, 34 and 49 (not present in hand-numbered sequence).  The maps from no. 1 to 83 make up a regular atlas of the contemporary (i.e. 18th-century) world, while the maps of the last section are of a historical nature (e.g. no. 84 \"Table of the Earth as known to the ancients\").  In generally fine condition, with printing and colors generally clean and fresh throughout. Plates folded and tipped down on stubs, with sewing generally strong.  Moderate staining on some plates, creases along folds, some with tears or old paper reinforcement to versos of creasefolds, a few maps with edges defective and frayed, edges uneven with some plates overhanging slightly, occasional light soiling and spotting.  Bound in rich brown calf-skin mottled with black, beautifully rebacked, built up and restored, spine with eight raised bands, original gilt-tooled compartments (some losses to head and tail and first panels) and later leather title label in red goatskin. \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003eA FINE COMPOSITE ATLAS BY ONE OF THE GREATEST FRENCH CARTOGRAPHERS of the time of Louis XIV. Delisle was renowned for the precision of his maps and the veracity he demanded of the information they were to include. DeLisle is important as the first \"scientific\" cartographer who incorporated the most current information on exploration and topography into his maps. His maps of America contain many innovations: discarding the fallacy of California as an island, first naming of Texas, first correct delineation of the Mississippi Valley, and first correct longitudes of America.  Lloyd Brown states that DeLisle \"undertook a complete reform of a system of geography that had been in force since the second century, and by the time he was twenty five he had very nearly accomplished his purpose.\"  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eDelisle produced a number of these composite atlases, a practice continued after Buache married DeLisle's daughter in 1720 and was himself a geographer and publisher who reissued maps of DeLisle and Jaillot. According to an included 1983 letter from the British Library, the present collection is comparable to the 1763 copy recorded in Phillip's List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress and the 1755 edition in the British Library at Maps 37.f.17.  Most notably, the present atlas contains a number of important maps of the Americas: 'Hemisphere septentrionale' (1714); Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississippi (1718); 'Carte du Canada ou de la nouvelle France' (1703); 'Carte du Mexique et de la Floride' and 'Carte du la terre ferme du Peron du Brazil, du Pays Amazones' (both 1703). A complete list of the maps is available upon request. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e1. Mappemonde a l’usage du Roy. Par Guillaume Delisle Premier Geographe de S.M. Paris: Chez Delisle...Sur le Quay de l'Horloge, 15 Avril 1720. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e2. Hémisphère Oriental . 15 Septembre 1724. Paris: Chez l'Auteur le Sieur Delisle sur le Quay de l'Horloge.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e3. Hémisphère Occidental. 15 Septembre 1724. Paris: Chez l'Auteur le Sieur Delisle sur le Quay de l'Horloge.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e4. Hémisphère Septentrional. Juillet 1714. Paris: Chez l'Auteur...sur le Quay de l'Horloge.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e5. Hémisphère Meridional. Juillet 1714. Paris: Chez l'Auteur...sur le Quay de l'Horloge.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e6. L’Italie. MDCC [1700].  Paris: Chez l'Auteur sur le Quay de l'Horloge. Gravé par Berey.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e7. Carte d’Europe. May 1724.  Paris: Chez l'Auteur sur le Quay de l'Horloge. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e8. Les Isles Britanniques. Paris: Chez l'Auteur sur le Quay de l'Horloge a l'Aigle d'or. Gravé par Liebaux. Avec priv. du 30 Av. 1745. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e9. Carte des Couronnes du Nord. Paris: Chez l'Auteur sur le Quay de l'Horloge. [1706?]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e10. Carte des Couronnes du Nord. [Paris: Chez l'Auteur sur le Quay de l'Horloge. [1706?]]. Gravé par Liebaux le fils.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e11. Royaume de Danemarc. Octobre 1710.  Paris: Chez l'Auteur sur le Quay de l'Horloge.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e12. Moscovie. 1706. Paris: Chez l'Auteur sur le Quay de l'Horloge.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e13. Moscovie\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e14. --------------\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e15. France 1746 (30 Avril 1745) Buache (orig. de l’Isle 1721)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e16. Prévosté et Vicomté de Paris Avril 1711 des Rosiers fecit\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e17. ----------------------------------\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e18. Coupe de la Ville de Paris Aoust 1742 Buache Desbruslins sculpsit\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e19. Diocèse de Beauvais Juin 1710 chez l’Auteur Q d’H\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e20. Diocèse de Seulis 28 Aout 1709 chez l’Auteur Q d’H\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e21. Carte d’Artois Juill. 1711 Derosier sculp.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e22. Partie Meridionale de Picardie 11 Juillet 1712 des Rosiers fec. chez l’Aut, etc.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e23. Carte de la Champagne et des Pays Voisins 15 Mars 1713 chez l’Auteur Q de l’H\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e24. Partie Meridionale de Champagne Aoust 1713 chez l’Auteur Q de l’H\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e25. Normandie 30 Avril 1745 Buache\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e26. Maine et Perche 25 Mai 1719 chez l’Auteur\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e27. Anjou et Touraine 30 Avril 1745 Buache\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e28. Beauce du Gatinois de la Sologne -Orléans 6 Mars 1718 Buache\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e29. Bourgogne Sept[ent]rional Desrosiers chez de l’Isle\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e30. Bourgogne Meridional 1709 Desrosiers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e31. Bourdelois de Perigord 1714 chez l’Auteur\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e32. Bearn de la Bigorre de l’Armagnac Aout 1712 chez l’Auteur\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e33. Diocèse de Beziers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e34. -----------------------------------\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e35. Provence Oct.1715 Derozier\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e36. Provinces Unies des Pays-Bas 1702 chez l’Auteur Liébaux\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e37. Pays des Catholiques MDCCII chez l’Auteur Liébaux\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e38. Flandre MDCCII chez l’Auteur Liébaux, le fils\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e39. Brabant 1705 \/ 30 Avril 1745 Buache chez l’Auteur Liébaux\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e40. Hainhaut de Namur et de Cambresis 1706 Desrosiers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e41. L’Allemagne 1701 chez l’Auteur, Liébaux\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e42. Cours du Rhin 30 Avril 1745 1704 Buache chez l’Auteur\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e43. Cours du Rhin 30 Avril 1745 Buache\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e44. Cours du Rhin 1704 Buache\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e45. Partie Sept[ent]rionale de la Souabe 1704 30 Av 1745 Buache\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e46. Partie Meridionale de la Souabe 1704 30 Av 1745 Buache\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e47. Suisse Aout 1713 chez l’Auteur\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e48. Neuchatel Liébaux le fils\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e49. ------------- 1703 Buache\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e50. Pologne 1745\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e51. Espagne 1701 chez l’Auteur\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e52. Piemont + Monserrat 1707\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e53. Partie Meridionale de Piemont + Monserrat 1707 Desrosiers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e54. Sicile (Malte) Aout 1717 Buache chez l’Auteur\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e55. Hongrie Liébaux le fils\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e56. Hongrie, Transilvanie, Croatie + Slavonie 20 May 1717 chez l’Auteur\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e57. Grèce Sept. 1707 chez l’Auteur\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e58. Asie Juin 1723 chez l’Auteur\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e59. Turquie, Arabie, Perse H. van Loon Sculpsit\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e60. Carte Marine de la Mer Caspiene 1721 chez le S[ieu]r de l’Isle\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e61. Carte de Perse sur la Mer Caspiene et Partie de Celles de Tartarie\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e62. Mer Caspiene 15 Aout 1723 Marin sculpsit chez le Sr de l’Isle\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e63. Perse Dec 1724 Starckman\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e64. Tartarie 1706 des Rosiers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e65. des Indes + de la Chine 1705 (?)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e66. Malabar et Coromandel 1723 Marin sculpsit\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e67. Ceylon 1722 gravé par Berey\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e68. Afrique 1722\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e69. Bastarie, Nigritie, Guinée Aout 1707\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e70. Senégal 18 Avril 1726 (Mars 1727) présenté par la Veuve de l’Isle\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e71. Egypte, Nubie, Abissinie Nov 1707 Desrosiers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e72. Congo, Cafres Janvier 1708\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e73. Amérique 1723\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e74. Canada (Nouvelle France) 1703\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e75. Louisiane, Cours du Mississipi Juin 1718\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e76. Mexique, Floride 1703 C. Simonneau fecit\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e77. Golfe du Mexique  Terre Ferme Caraibe Auteur?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e78. St. Domingue 1725 Marin sculpsit\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e79. Antilles Juillet 1717 Buache\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e80. Martinique Buache Delahaye sculpsit\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e81. Peron Bresil, Pays des Amazones 1703\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e82. Océan entre Afrique et Amérique Sept. 1737 Buache Q. Mégisserie\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e83. Paraguay. Chili 1703 Liébaux, le fils C. Simmonneau\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e84. Orbis Veteribus Noti Tabula Nova Sept MDCCXIV Buache\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e85. Theatrum Historicum (Europe, Afrique du Nord). 1705 des Rosiers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e86. Theatrum Historicum (Mer Noir Perse) 1705 des Rosiers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e87. Retraite des Dix Mille MDCCXXIII\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e88. In Notitiam Ecclesiasticam Africa Tabula Geographica 1700 J.B. Liébaux\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e89. Graecia Pars Sept[ent]rionales Mart 1708\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e90. Graecia Pars Meridionales (Graecia Antiqua) Oct 17 1707\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e91. Tabula Italie Antiquae Aug 26 MDCCXV\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e92. Regionum Italiae Mediarum Tabula Geographica Apr 1711\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e93. Siciliae Antiquae Dec 1714\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e94. Alexandri Magni Imperium\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e95. Civitas Leucorum (Diocèse de Toul) Avril 1707 Buache\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e96. Tabula Delphinatus 1710 (1 Jan 1711)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e97. Orbis Romani Imperii Orientalis\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e98. [same]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e99. Tabula Geographica Provinciarum et Urbium MDCCXV\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eOf particular note in the present atlas are the maps of the Mississippi and of Canada. The \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eCarte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississippi \u003c\/i\u003e(1718), which Taliaferro calls ​\"one of the most significant maps of America ever made,\" covers the territory from the Hudson River in the east and the Rio Grande in the west, and among its many distinctions, provides a relatively accurate depiction of the watershed of the Mississippi, and is the first to use the name Texas. As one of the most important and influential maps of the 18th Century, this map is considered to be the main source of all subsequent maps of the Mississippi and the Western regions of the United States. The present example is further of note as being the second issue,  with the name \"New Orleans\" added and thus the first ever map to show the name New Orleans, being seen on the  inset map in the lower right corner bearing the title \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003eCarte Particuliere des Embouchures de la Rivie. S. Louis et de la Mobile\u003c\/em\u003e [“Special Map of the Mouths of the St. Louis and Mobile Rivers”] shows the coastline spanning from the mouth of the Mississippi to Pensacola, Florida. The map indicates the locations of major settlements, forts, and topographical features, and includes the land routes of major explorers such as de Soto, Moscoso, La Salle, de Leon, and St. Denis, along with the dates of their expeditions.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003eBecause he was Royal Geographer to the King of France, Delisle’s maps were regarded as quasi-official documents that reflected the opinions and policies of the French government. Controversially, Delisle blatantly included Florida within the boundaries of French-controlled Louisiana and showed decreased British territorial holdings along the Atlantic coast. Additionally, the map labels Carolina after its “namesake” King Charles IX of France (1550-1574): \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003eainsi nommez en l’honneur de Charles 9. Par les François qui la decouvirent en prirent possession et si etablirent\u003c\/em\u003e [“so named in honor of Charles the 9th. By the French who discovered it, took possession of it, and so established”]. In reality, the British were the first Europeans to arrive in the Carolinas, naming the region after their King Charles II (1630-1685). These slights sparked political outrage, prompting the British and Spanish governments to issue their own maps in order to correct such egregious territorial claims.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003eDelisle also alludes to considerable conflict involving Native peoples. A legend beneath the map explains various symbols used to indicate \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003eHabitations des Indiens \u003c\/em\u003e[Indian Dwellings], \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003eNations derangées\u003c\/em\u003e [disturbed (displaced) Nations], and\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e Nations detruites \u003c\/em\u003e[destroyed Nations]. Additionally, a broad swath of text along the Texas coast reads \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003eIndiens errands et Antropophages\u003c\/em\u003e: “Wandering Indians and Cannibals.” No doubt the European explorers who had crossed these lands would have seemed incredibly brave to those who saw this map. It is unclear how much of this destruction and displacement can be credited to Europeans, and how much to other Native tribes; south of Lake Erie, Delisle notes the destruction of the \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003eNation du Chat\u003c\/em\u003e (the Erie People) at the hands of the Iroquois.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003eSignificantly, Delisle's \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003eCarte de la Louisiane \u003c\/em\u003emarks the first appearance of any variant of the name “Texas'' on a printed map: a small string of text reading \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003eMission de los Teijas etablie en 1716\u003c\/em\u003e appears along the banks of the Trinity River. The map’s immense accuracy in regards to the Mississippi and its tributary rivers cemented it as the region’s prototypical map, a status which it held through the end of the eighteenth century. This resulted in countless derivative maps and plagiarisms which continued to be published years after Delisle's death in 1726.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eThe \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eCarte du Canada (\u003c\/i\u003e1703) was the first map to name Detroit, just two years after the founding of the settlement by Cadillac. A great deal of the map is based on Franquelin Joliet’s expeditions (1673- in New France, which covered the northern parts of the Mississippi and the Great Lakes as well as New Foundland and Labrador. To the lower left Delisle records the speculative explorations of the Baron Louis Armand de Lahonton. Lahonton (1666–1715) was a French military officer commanding the fort of St. Joseph, near modern day Port Huron, Michigan. Abandoning his post to live and travel with local Chippewa tribes, Lahonton claims to have explored much of the Upper Mississippi Valley and even discovered a heretofore unknown river, which he dubbed the Longue River. This river he claims to have followed a good distance from its convergence with the Mississippi. Beyond the point where he himself traveled, Lahonton wrote of further lands along the river described by his guides. These include a great saline lake or sea (ghosted in here) at the base of a low mountain range. This range, he reported, could be easily crossed and from this point further rivers flowed westward to the mysterious lands of the Mozeemleck, and presumably the Pacific. This would have intrigued both the French and the English who were disparate to find a suitable route to the Pacific in order to trade their furs and other products with China and the Far East.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093796311199,"sku":"21909","price":20000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Delisle_2C_Guillaume_Composite_Atlas._1700-1745_21909e.jpg?v=1722190424","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/21909-delisle-guillaume-composite-atlas-1700-1745","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}