This very large, beautifully hand coloured, 1st edition (uncommon) original antique map of the British Isles by Alexis Hubert Jaillot - after Nicolas Sanson - was engraved in 1689 - the date is engraved in the scale cartouche. This is one of the most beautifully presented Jaillot maps I have seen for a while, fantastic colour, clean and heavy paper and a deep clear impression, signifying an early pressing.

There were three plates engraved for this highly prized map between the 1670's and early 1700's. This map is from the 1st plate, state 4. Maps from the 1st plate are uncommon & hard to find.
There is no sales data available for this map prior to 1692. A top price of $1783 was paid in 2005 for a 1692 2nd plate edition.

After Nicolas Sanson, Hubert Jaillot and Pierre Duval were the most important French cartographers of the seventeenth centuries. Jaillot, originally a sculptor, became interested in geography after his marriage to the daughter of Nicolas Berey (1606-65), a famous map colourist, and went into partnership in Paris with Sanson's sons. There, from about 1669, he undertook the re-engraving, enlarging and re-publishing of the Sanson maps in sheet form and in atlases, sparing no effort to fill the gap in the map trade left by the destruction of Blaeu's printing establishment in Amsterdam in 1672. Many of his maps were printed in Amsterdam (by Pierre Mortier) as well as in Paris. One of his most important works was a magnificent sea atlas, Le Neptune François, published in 1693 and compiled in co-operation with J D Cassini. This was re-published shortly afterwards by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam with French, Dutch and English texts, the charts having been re-engraved. Eventually, after half a century, most of the plates were used again as the basis for a revised issue published by J N Bellin in 1753.(Ref: Tooley; M&B)

General Description:
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable
Paper color: - off white
Age of map color: - Original
Colors used: - Yellow, green, red, brown.
General color appearance: - Authentic and fresh
Paper size: - 36 1/2in x 25in (930mm x 635mm)
Plate size: - 35in x 23in (890mm x 585mm)
Margins: - Min 1in (25mm)

Imperfections:
Margins: - Light age toning in margins
Plate area: - Light creasing along centerfold, light horizontal fold
Verso: - None

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