Tabula Generalis Sabaudiae: Blaeu 1682

Title: Tabula Generalis Sabaudiae Author: House of Blaeu Date: 1682 Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good - age toning, paper loss in margins, wear along issued center fold Inches: 24 x 20 1/4 [Paper] Centimeters: 60.9 x 51.4 [Paper] Product ID: 233043 The map depicts the Duchy of Savoy, which encompassed parts of modern France, Italy, and Switzerland. It includes beautiful engravings showing Savoy's Coats of Arms held by cherubs.  Background on Creator The House of Blaeu was a renowned Dutch cartographic publishing dynasty based in Amsterdam, active during the 17th century and celebrated for producing some of the finest maps and atlases of the era. The firm was founded by Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571–1638), who initially trained under the astronomer Tycho Brahe before establishing himself as a leading printer, globe maker, and mapmaker in Amsterdam by the early 1600s. Blaeu’s first map appeared in 1604, and by the 1610s he was recognized as one of th