Century Map

“Canada ou Nouvelle France” by Alain Manesson Mallet (1630–1706)

coloured engraving framed: 17.5 x 14.25 in. unframed: 6.25 x 4.25 in. c. 1683

ESTIMATE $200 - $300

PROVENANCE

Zwicker’s Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Acquired from the above by present owner Collection of Dr. George Burden, Baron of Seabegs, Nova Scotia, Canada

Alain Manesson Mallet (1630–1706) was a 17th century French cartographer and engineer. In his early career, he served as a soldier and Inspector of Fortifications in the army of Louis XIV. He also served King Alfonso VI of Portugal during the Portuguese Restoration War. He returned to France at the conclusion of that conflict in 1668 to assume a position teaching mathematics in the court of Louis XIV. Mallet published two important works in the 1680s: Description de L’Univers (1683) and Les Travaux de Mars ou l’Art de la Guerre (1684), which included maps of the ancient and then-known world, star charts, and notes on religion and local customs.

108. 18th Century Map “Port de Louisbourg dans l’Isle Royale” by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772)

engraving framed: 17.75 x 21.5 in. unframed: 9 x 12.5 in. 1764 ESTIMATE $400 - $600

PROVENANCE

Zwicker’s Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Acquired from the above by present owner Collection of Dr. George Burden, Baron of Seabegs, Nova Scotia, Canada

Jacques-Nicholas Bellin (1703-1772) was an important French cartographer of the 18th century, known particularly for his maps of the Canada and the French territories in North America. He had a long and prolific career, beginning in 1721 when he was appointed hydrographer to the French Navy; he became the first Ingénieur de la Marine of the Dépot des cartes et plans de la Marine and was named Official Hydrographer of the French King. Bellin was one of the Encyclopédistes, contributors to Diderot’s Encyclopédie, and part of a group of Enlightenment intellectuals and thinkers called the philosophes. He died in 1772 at Versailles.

109. 18th Century Map “Plan de la Ville de Louisbourg dans L’Isle Royale” by JacquesNicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772)

engraving framed: 18 x 22.5 in. unframed: 9.5 x 15.5 in. c. 1760s

ESTIMATE

$400 - $600

PROVENANCE

Zwicker’s Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Acquired from the above by present owner Collection of Dr. George Burden, Baron of Seabegs, Nova Scotia, Canada

110. 18th Century Map “L’Isle Royale” by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772)

coloured engraving framed: 17.75 x 21.5 in. unframed: 9 x 13 in. c. 1764

ESTIMATE

$400 - $600

PROVENANCE

Zwicker’s Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Acquired from the above by present owner Collection of Dr. George Burden, Baron of Seabegs, Nova Scotia, Canada

111. 18th Century Map “Isle et Banc de Terre-Neuve, Isle Royale et Isle St. Jean; avec l’Acadie ou La Nouvelle Ecosse” by M. Bonne (1727-1794) engraving framed: 14.75 x 18.75 in. unframed: 10 x 14 in. mid 18th century ESTIMATE $400 - $600

PROVENANCE

Zwicker’s Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Acquired from the above by present owner Collection of Dr. George Burden, Baron of Seabegs, Nova Scotia, Canada

Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) was a French cartographer of the late 18th century. Bonne succeeded Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Bonne was acclaimed for his practical attention to detail and geographical precision.