Le Royaume de France dans toute son Etendue : oeuvre posthume de N. de Fer. Geographe de sa Majesté Catholique, suivant Mrs de l'Académie Royale des Sciences. /
Bénard, Jacques-François,16..-1751
Benard Jacques-François,16..-1751
Fer, Nicolas de,1646-1720
Paris : J.F.Benard,
1737.
Relief shown pictorial.
Borders of regional authorities are coloured.
Title in an ornated cartouche in the Atlantic ocean : four allegorical figures inside the cartouche : a muse type holding a mirror, her elbow leaning on a man-size column, a man in a toga with a plumeted helmet and a spear (Mars ?), the allegorical figure of France, with the fleur-de-lys shield, and a woman holding both a torch flaming an armor and the palm of peace. Outside the cartouche, Hermes on the left and the allegorical figure of Glory and Fame( Victory ?). In front of them, at their feet, a cornucopia.
Publisher's address in cartouche bottom left-hand corner : "A Paris Chez J.F.Benard Gendre de l'autheur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le Quay de l'Orloge a la Sphere Royale avec Privilege du Roy 1737".
Bottom right hand corner : a cartouche with the then-updated coordinates for main cities in the country. Over the cartouche, five puttis are studying geography : taking notes, showing a globe, measuring ; the last two are examining a map.
On the top right side of the map, a cartouche with a cornucopia displays the arms of provincial authorities at the time.
Four scale indicators are given in the top left hand corner : "Vingt lieues une Heure de Chemin chaques lieues"[=7.5 cm], "Vingt cinq lieues Commune de France"[=7.5 cm], "Vingt quatre lieues Parisienne"[=7.5 cm], "Dixneuf lieues de Provence et de Gascogne"[=7.5 cm].
A compass in the Channel points north upwards. Tramontane, Ponent, Ostro, Levant. Another one in the north of France is in French.
This map shows the country of France, along with the North of Spain, Switzerland, parts of Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Luxembourg and the south coast of Great Britain.
Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720