N. Sanson Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde 1654 or later
South-Eastern Counties, The Channel and Part of France. Nicholas Sanson was the most prominent 17th century French mapmaker, whose career spanned some 40 years from the 1620's until his death in 1667. This map was first published in 1655 in an atlas entitled Cartes Generales de la Geographie Ancienne et Nouvelle.It was subsequently also included in Sanson's major work - his large format world atlas entitled Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde first published in 1658.
Midlands/E.Anglia. A map of the area once contained within the Anglo-Saxon kindoms of Mercia and East Anglia. The first state of this map was dated 1654, and it was included in Sanson's most important work,- Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde.This is a later re-issue by the Paris publisher Fortin, dated 1778. The map is attractively decorated with full wash colour, possibly original.
N. Sanson A Map of Scotland Divided into Counties 1693 (1665)
Central and Southern Scotland. Nicholas Sanson was the foremost of the early French cartographers. This map was one of a set of 4 covering Scotland which first appeared in the 1665 edition of his atlas entitled Cartes Generales de Toutes Les Parties du Monde. After Sanson's death in 1667, his sons briefly managed his business before transferring it to Hubert Jaillot, who continued to issue Sanson's maps and to add to them with new ones of his own. This example of Sanson's regional map of southern Scotland up to the Tay is dated 1690, and was issued by Jaillot under the title of Atlas Nouveau in 1693.