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Nicholas de Fer (1646-1720) was the son of a map seller, Antoine de Fer, and grew to be one of the most well-known mapmakers in France in the seventeenth century. He was apprenticed at twelve years old to Louis Spirinx, an engraver. When his father died in 1673, Nicholas helped his mother run the business until 1687, when he became the sole proprietor.

His earliest known work is a map of the Canal of Languedoc in 1669, while some of his earliest engravings are in the revised edition of Methode pour Apprendre Facilement la Geographie (1685). In 1697, he published his first world atlas. Perhaps his most famous map is his wall map of America, published in 1698, with its celebrated beaver scene (engraved by Hendrick van Loon, designed by Nicolas Guerard). After his death in 1720, the business passed to his sons-in-law, Guillaume Danet and Jacques-Francois Benard. 

Place/Date:
Paris / 1694
Size:
43.5 x 31.3 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
73331
Place/Date:
Paris / 1689
Size:
11.7 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
100722
Place/Date:
Paris / 1683
Size:
7 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101316

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Place/Date:
Paris / 1720 circa
Size:
24 x 21 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
26205
Place/Date:
Paris / 1720 circa
Size:
22.5 x 19.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
26230
Place/Date:
Paris / 1720
Size:
24 x 20 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
27727
Place/Date:
Paris / 1719
Size:
25 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG-
Stock#:
3227
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
23.5 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0527
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
12.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
0953
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
1707
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
2315
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
11.5 x 6 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
2593
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
8069
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
12.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
8070
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
13 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
8620
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
13 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
15971
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
13 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
16009
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
12.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
16017
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
13 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
20978
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
15970
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
20063
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
13 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
20979