Jean Lattré (fl. 1743-1793) was a Parisian bookseller and engraver who published many maps, plans, globes, and atlases. He worked closely with other important French cartographers, including Janvier, Bonne, and Delamarche, as well as other European mapmakers, such as William Faden, Santini, and Zannoni. Lattré is also interesting due to his propensity to bring suits against those who copied his work; plagiarism was common practice in eighteenth-century cartography and mapmakers struggled to maintain proprietary maps and information.
![L'Amerique divisee en ses principaux Etats . . . 1790. Augmentee du voyage de Cook en 1782 [Sea of the West]](/map/small/29459.jpg)
Rare 1790 Janvier/Lattre map of America, which contains not only the mythical Sea of the West, but also an equally mythical reference to a 1782 Voyage of Cook. The present map is one of the most fascinating (and lazy) examples of the use of a recycled...
![[Title Page] Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur toutes les partier du Globe Terrestre . . .](/map/small/27455.jpg)
Decorative title page from Janvier's Atlas Moderne, engraved by Monnet in 1762 and thereafter used for the next 20 years as the title page for this highly successful atlas.
Dedicated to Benjamin Franklin -- The First Map of The United States Published After Ratification of the Treaty of Paris Lattre's map of the United States appeared in June 1784, just two months after the United States gained official independence...
"This is the earliest detailed plan of the city of Boston published in France." (BPL) Featured on the Cover of Krieger and Cobb's Mapping Boston. Rare French plan of Boston, showing Charlestown to the north, and Dorchester and Roxbury to the south....
18th Century French Map of Texas, Mexico and the Southwest, etc. Decorative map of the Southwest, Texas, the southern United States, Mexico and Central America. Includes excellent detail in Texas and along the Rio Grande River, Rio Colorado and Gila....
Rare French Map of Jamaica, published by Jean Lattre in Paris. The map provides remarkable topographical details, including mountains, rivers, islands, and other coastal features. Towns, Roads, Plantations, Churches and other features are also shown....
A detailed and attractive regional map of Brazil and Paraguay with a decorative cartouche. Rigobert Bonne served as the map maker to the King of France.
Striking 18th Century map of the northern portion of South America, including, Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guyana and the northen part of Brazil, on the eve of their independence from Spain. The map is divded into Spanish intendencies, with the...
Finely executed sea chart of the Channel between England and Europe, published in Paris in 1779. The map covers the coast of England from South Wales and Cornwall to Ipswich and the coast of Europe from Ostende to Nantes. Extensive soundings given,...
![[Paris -- With Manuscript Additions Showing The 20 Departments] Plan Routier De La Ville et Faubourg De Paris 1777 . . .](/map/small/70471.jpg)
With Hand Drawn Boundaries Showing The Twenty Noble Departments of Paris Under The Reglements Royaux of April 13, 1789 Fine example of this detailed plan of Paris, published by Jean Lattre in 1777, redlined to show the 20 departments of Paris created...
Finely engraved plan of Rouen (Haute-Normandie) centered around the Seine. Excellent detail of streets, buildings and the surrounding countryside. Names and locates important buildings from keyed list surrounded by ten coats of arms. Includes the...
Striking pair of maps, showing Russia from the Pacific Ocean to its Western European Boundaries.
Very attractive engraved double-page sea chart of the Mediterranean Sea, with publisher's hand color in outline. Jean Lattre was one of the premier French mapmakers of the last quarter of the 18th century. This map features his characteristic vignette...
Detailed map of China, Korea and the Islands of Japan, showing the Provinces, towns, mountains, rivers, lakes, islands, published in Paris by Jean Lattre. The map is drawn from D'Anville's atlas of China, the first modern atlas of China and a work...
Detailed map of China, Korea and the Islands of Japan, showing the Provinces, towns, mountains, rivers, lakes, islands, published in Paris by Jean Lattre. The map is drawn from D'Anville's atlas of China, the first modern atlas of China and a work...
Scarce map of Southeast Asia, the Straits of Malacca, Philippines, Sumatra, Java, India etc., extending north to Canton and Macao, from Jean Lattre's Atlas Moderne. Includes a decorative allegorical cartouche showing the region as a place of commerce.
