Janvier, Jean "Les Couronnes Du Nord.... par le Sr. Janvier Géographe" [Scandinavia]

Jean Janvier. “Les Couronnes Du Nord.... par le S^r. Janvier Géographe.”  From Atlas Moderne.  

Paris: Jean Lattré & Delalain, [1762]-ca. 1775.12 x 17 1/4.  Engraving.  Original hand color.  With darkening of paper, primarily in seas.  Other wise, very good condition.

Jean Janvier was a French cartographer who worked in Paris in the latter part of the eighteenth century.  Among his output were some fine maps which appeared in Jean Lattré’s Atlas Moderne.  This atlas contained maps of all parts of the world engraved by Lattré, the “Graveur Ordinaire du Roi.”  Janvier’s maps contained the best information available at the time.  This information is neatly engraved and highlighted with hand color.  A nicely etched title cartouche in the baroque style graces the map in the top left corner.  The paper has darkened, which primarily shows in the seas.  This actually gives the map a lovely ‘antique’ appearance, though it might not appeal to everyone.