LA POLOGNE. Rue des Canetes, 1702

Very rare, first state of this map with author's address: 'Rue des Canetes pres de St.Sulpice' and dated 1702.
A copperplate, outline colored detailed map of Poland by perhaps the most important map maker of the period. The map extends to the Baltic and the Ukraine.

Guillaume De L’Isle’s first printing shop was established on the "Rue des Canettes pres de St. Sulpice" in Paris. This address appears only on editions of maps dated 1700-1707. This map dated 1702 is one of the few examples of maps and globes who were printed at the "Rue des Canettes" shop. Most examples of his work were issued from the address where De L’Isle moved in 1707, the "Quai de L’Horloge".
In early 1708 De L'Isle changed the sign over the shop to "à l'Aigle d'Or", the golden eagle. In 1718 he ads his newly received title "Premier Geographe du Roy" to his address.