Cassini map, late 18th century 19th century, N°6 Dunkerque ( - Lot 41

Cassini map, late 18th century 19th century, N°6 Dunkerque (1757) 15 individual sections engraved on paper and colored red for some towns, corresponding to the incomplete 14th Feuille. N°6, showing the area around Dunkirk, (first published in 1757-1758), from the Carte générale de la France, drawn up under the direction of cartographer and scientific editor César-François Cassini de Thury (1714-1784). Cartographer and surveyor: TOUZAC (17..-18..). Engravers: Roch BRUNET (17..-17..), BOURGOIN (jeune) (17..-18..?), LE ROY (17..-18..? ; le jeune), and Louis René LUCE (1695?-1774). Scale 1 : 86 400 or 1 line per 100 toises Section size: 19.5 x 13 cm Two individual sections of the 17th Feuille are included. N°21, representing Ambleteuse Calais, (first published in 1757). Scale 1 : 86 400 or 1 line per 100 toises. Section size: 19.5 x 13 cm.