1806, Mentelle, Provinces-Unies, Pays-Bas / Netherlands / Nederland, carte ancienne, antiquarian map.

Condition : very good, faint traces of central folding, minor stains to margins, first sheet with minior lateral tears to lower margin.
Illustrator/geographer : Edme Mentelle, engraved and written by Pierre François Tardieu and Macquet.
Format : 85 x 66 cm (108 x 100 cm) on 4 sheets combined into 2 maps.
Colour : hand-coloured (old).
Publisher/engraver : Paris, Pierre Gilles Chanlaire and Edme Mentelle.
Date : 1806.

Magnificent rare engraved detailed map in large format with wide margins, hand-coloured.

Complete in 2 unattached sheets measuring 108 x 50 cm each in beautiful period colours and on strong paper.

With an inserted map showing particular details of the mouths of the Scheldt.

The Batave Republic (in Dutch: Bataafse Republiek) was the successor state to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. It was proclaimed on 19 January 1795 and ended on 5 June 1806, with the accession of Louis Bonaparte to the Dutch throne.