Maurice Bouguereau
Maurice Bouguereau (Flemish Mauricij Bogueraldj ), also Bougereau , (* somewhere in Flanders in the 16th century ; † 1596 in France ) was a French printer, bookseller, cartographer and publisher who worked in Tours . From 1588 to 1596 his address was there on rue de la Scellerie.
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The most important work by Maurice Bouguereau was the atlas Le Theater Francoys published by him in Tours in 1594 , the first ever atlas of France and thus a milestone in the history of French cartography. Heinrich IV (1553–1610) had given him the commission for this work, who was fighting for the unification of his kingdom at that time and wanted to demonstrate his power and size with this publication. This was particularly emphasized with a portrait of the king in the atlas, which was shown together with a general map of France; sometimes a sonnet was printed under the portrait instead of the card .
Le Theater Francoys contained 14 regional maps and three general maps of France, older and more recent works by various cartographers, which Maurice Bouguereau had compiled and edited. The older regional maps were by Gerhard Mercator (1512–1594) and Gérard de Jode (1509–1591), the younger ones by Jean Temporal († after 1570), Jean Surhon (↑ after 1594) and Jean Fayen (1530) -1616). The general maps came from Guillaume Postel (1510–1581), Jean Jolivet (15 ..– 1569) and Petrus Plancius (1552–1622).
In addition, Maurice Bouguereau printed and published the work Les Belles figures et drôleries de la Ligue by the writer Pierre de L'Estoile (1546–1611), probably a collection of quatrains.
literature
- Jeffrey N. Peters: Mapping Discord: Allegorical Cartography in Early Modern French Writing , University of Delaware Press, Newark 2004, ISBN 0-87413-847-7 ; Pp. 28, 67, 68, 70, 72, 78.
- Leo Bagrow : The history of cartography: With 228 reproductions of maps on 8 color plates, 112 art print plates and in the text 1435 names and dates of cartographers , Safari Verlag, Berlin 1951, p. 135, 334
Web links
- Literature by and about Maurice Bouguereau in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- The atlas Le Theater Francoys in the French National Library
- The pictures in Le Theater Francoys in the French National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bouguereau, Maurice |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bougereau, Maurice; Bogueraldj, Mauricij (original name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French printer, bookseller, cartographer and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Flanders |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1596 |
| Place of death | France |