This map of the Piedmont region of Italy was published in Paris by Pierre Mariette. It centres on Turin and extends from Antibe on the French coast to Savona. Nicolas Sanson’s ‘Les Cartes Generales’ was first published in 1658. This map was introduced in 1665, this example is a later state with the imprint altered to ‘Chez l’Autheur’. Sanson was France’s premier cartographer and helped to lift French work in this area to another level. His atlas is the first full world atlas to be produced in France. This work had been in development for several years as the dates on the various maps attest. Pastoureau Sanson Vb no. 147.