Map of the mountains at Langres
Date
1799
Creator
Blanchard (French) , Engraver
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 261mm
width (print): 335mm
width (print): 335mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Topography in the region centred on Tonnerre, Châtillon-sur-Seine and Langres in North-eastern France. Showing towns from Troyes in the North, to Nevers and Dijon in the South. With a scale in leagues.
Plate (not numbered) from the book Histoire naturelle, généralle et particuliére…Nouvelle edition, by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon and C.S. Sonnini, volume 3 (Paris 1799). The fold-out illustration appears immediately after the title page.
Inscribed above: ‘Carte de la Chaine des Montages de Langres T.3. P.363.’ Inscribed below: ‘Gravé par Blanchard.’
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), French naturalist and man of science, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1740.
Charles-Nicolas-Sigisbert Sonnini de Manoncourt (1751-1812), French naturalist.
Plate (not numbered) from the book Histoire naturelle, généralle et particuliére…Nouvelle edition, by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon and C.S. Sonnini, volume 3 (Paris 1799). The fold-out illustration appears immediately after the title page.
Inscribed above: ‘Carte de la Chaine des Montages de Langres T.3. P.363.’ Inscribed below: ‘Gravé par Blanchard.’
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), French naturalist and man of science, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1740.
Charles-Nicolas-Sigisbert Sonnini de Manoncourt (1751-1812), French naturalist.
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