AW7-017: Guillaume de L'Isle Circa 1730 Map of the Aegean Sea "Carte De La Grece"

The de L'Isle family was one of the most influential Geographers of the early 18th century in France. Claude de L'Isle, born 1644, had four sons, of which Guillaume was the most notable. Guillaume was born 1675 and a became member of the Académie Royale des Sciences at the age of twenty-seven, and was honored later with the title Premier Géographe du Roi. His largest project, the Atlas de Géographie, was published in 1774 in Paris and Amsterdam (Covens and Mortier). He died in 1726.

Dimensions: Sight 18 1/4" x 23 3/4"; Frame 23 1/4" x 28 3/4"