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Rigobert Bonne: La Suisse divisee en ses Treize Cantons et ses Allies.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Rigobert Bonne  (1727–1794)  wikidata:Q721492
 
Alternative names
epiphane
Description French cartographer
Date of birth/death 6 October 1727 Edit this at Wikidata 1795
Location of birth/death Raucourt (Ardennes) Paris
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Pontault-Combault Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q721492
Title
La Suisse divisee en ses Treize Cantons et ses Allies.
Description
English: A beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's decorative map of Switzerland. Covers the entirety of Switzerland divided into Cantons. Offers excellent detail throughout showing mountains, rivers, forests, national boundaries, regional boundaries, forts, and cities. A large decorative title cartouche appears in the upper left quadrant. Drawn by Rigobert Bonne in 1771 for issue as plate no. 9 in Jean Lattre's 1776 edition of the Atlas Moderne .
Date 1771 (dated)
Dimensions height: 12.5 in (31.7 cm); width: 17.5 in (44.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,12.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,17.5U218593
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Geographicus link: Switzerland-bonne-1771
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Lattre, Jean, Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre, c. 1775.

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