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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 / 1705
Size:
13.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
93182
Place/Date:
Paris / 1683
Size:
7 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101316
Place/Date:
Paris / 1700
Size:
12.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
90140
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
26376
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
12 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
62832
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705 circa
Size:
23 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
28131
Place/Date:
Paris / 1703
Size:
12.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
86549
Place/Date:
Paris / 1689
Size:
11.7 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
100722
Place/Date:
Paris / 1710
Size:
7 x 5.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
69697
Place/Date:
Paris / 1694
Size:
43.5 x 31.3 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
73331
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
31446
Place/Date:
Paris / 1701
Size:
13.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
43484
Place/Date:
Paris / 1716
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
31269

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Place/Date:
Paris / 1707
Size:
23 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
57017
Place/Date:
Paris / 1706 circa
Size:
26.5 x 20 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
29045
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
34112
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
24 x 18.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
30379
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
12 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
27977
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
12 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
31159
Place/Date:
Paris / 1704
Size:
13.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
1733
Place/Date:
Paris / 1684 (1746)
Size:
6 x 5.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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73066
Place/Date:
Paris / 1689 (?)
Size:
6 x 5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
73033
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1705
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
20991
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1705
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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33054
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1705
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
33824
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1705
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
35697
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1705
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
36033
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1701
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
6511
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
14 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
20608
Place/Date:
Paris / 1710 circa
Size:
13.5 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
28312
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
25512
Place/Date:
Paris / 1700
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
0350
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13.5 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
27769
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13.5 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
31478
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13.5 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
15944
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
27836
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
31150
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
15995
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
21331
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
33025
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
73577
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
28077
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
52612
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
63724
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
65728
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
13.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
52017