Le Comte de Haynaut, divise en Chatellenies, Balliages, Prevoste’s

Title

Le Comte de Haynaut, divise en Chatellenies, Balliages, Prevoste’s

Large, detailed map showing the surroundings of Mons with the towns of Soignies, Halle, Ath, Tournai, Conde, Valenciennes, Douai, Bouchain, Cambrai, Landrecies, Le Quesnoy, Maubeuge, Binche, and many more. Additionally, at the top left a title cartouche with putti and a heraldic depiction. At the top right, a mileage scale and index."

c. 1692

Artist

Jaillot/ Sanson (1632-1712)

Alexis Hubert Jaillot (1632–1712) was a prominent French cartographer and publisher. In 1665, he married into the Berey family of map publishers. After the death of his brother-in-law Nicolas II Berey in 1667, Jaillot bought the Berey map collection from his sister-in-law, acquiring a valuable stock without having ever created a map himself. Jaillot entered the map business at a favorable time—after Louis XIV’s early victories in the Reunions Wars in 1668, France’s territory expanded rapidly, creating high demand for maps showing French triumphs, new borders, and expansion plans. His collection included plates originally made by Pierre Duval, who resisted Jaillot’s reissues. At the height of this conflict, Jaillot gained the support of Guillaume and Adrien Sanson, sons of Nicolas Sanson, as mapmakers and partners, enabling him to publish new maps under the prestigious Sanson name. His first atlas, Atlas Nouveau (1681), was a commercial success, leading to widespread piracy by other publishers.