Item details: Carte Genealogique de la Maison de Plantagenette et des Ducs de Normandie avec; les Branches, et les Alliances Quelles, ont Formees; pour Conduire a l'Intelligence de l'Histoire d'Angleterre et d'Ecosse, et d'Irlande
£ 195.00
CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham
Carte Genealogique de la Maison de Plantagenette et des Ducs de Normandie avec; les Branches, et les Alliances Quelles, ont Formees; pour Conduire a l'Intelligence de l'Histoire d'Angleterre et d'Ecosse, et d'Irlande
Imprint: Amsterdam, 1708
385 x 950 mm., two sheets joined as one as issued, in full wash colour and good condition.
A magnificent display of the genealogical family tree of the mediaeval period of English history. The Royal families of Plantagenet's and the Dukes of Normandy, leading to the House of York on the left side and the House of Lancaster on the right side, both illustrating the Wars of the Roses. The coats of arms of Edward the Confessor and 13 others adorn the plate. It was published in the second volume of the encyclopaedic atlas by Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743) entitled 'Atlas Historique ou Nouvelle Introduction a l'Histoire, a la Chronologie & a la Geographie'. It was issued from 1705 to 1720 in 7 volumes. Koeman II p. 33; Phillips 579; Shirley 'Atlases in the BL' T.Chat-1a; Van Waning 'Chatelain's Atlas Historique' in IMCoS Journal 120 pp. 7-15.