Robert, Nicolas (French, 1614-1685) or school of Chevalier combattant (Philomachus pugnax). Paris: 17th-century. Cartographer_Samuel de Champlain Paper size: 38 3/8" x

Paper size: 38 3/8" x 25 1/2"

Contemporary French mottled calf

Botanical Garden

the ships explored the mid- and North-Pacific

appointed Secretary of War Joel Poinsett to take charge of the operation

Robert, Nicolas (French, 1614-1685) or school of Chevalier combattant (Philomachus pugnax). Paris: 17th-century. Cartographer_Samuel de Champlain Paper size: 38 3/8" xROBERT, Nicolas (1614 1685), or school of Chevalier combattant (Philomachus pugnax). Paris: third quarter 17th century. $165,000. 00 Single sheet, vellum (14 4 8 x 12 inches), fine original graphite, watercolour and guache drawing of a Ruff, surrounded by a border of liquid gold, and numbered "167" in pencil lower right. Provenance: with Christie's Paris, 1st April, 2016, lot 41 Nicolas Robert was one of the greatest natural history artists of the