ALSACE:1000. Speckel, D. / Homann Heirs. ‘ALSATIA TAM SUPERIOR, QUAM INFERIOR UNA CUM
SUNDGOVIA...’. Map of Alsace, the French region on the left bank of the Rhine between Basel, Strasbourg and Wissembourg with pictorial cartouche. Printed on two sheets, not joined. Drawn in Homann’s workshop after the designs by Daniel Speckel ca. 1750 [23304] 110 x 42 cm when joined. The map in full original
colour. Excellent condition. The set of two mapsheets £500
Uncommon first issue. Drawn in Homann’s workshop (‘delineata Studio Homannianorum’) after the designs by Strasbourg architect, engineer and mapmaker Daniel Speckel in 1576. Without Homann’s address, so probably published separately. A later edition appeared with the Homann Erben address in 1777. |
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ALSACE - LORRAINE:1001. Valk, G. ‘PARS SUMMA, SEU AUSTRALIS SUPERIORIS RHENI
CIRCULI; COMPLECTENS PRAETER LOTHARINGIAE DUCATUM. ET ALSATIUM UTRAMQUE...’. Map of the Alsace and Lorraine regions west of Strasbourg. Gerard Valk ca. 1700 [25917] 59 x 49 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £125
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ARTOIS:1002. Quad, M. ‘ARTESIA...’. Detailed map of the northernmost part of France just below Calais. Johann Bussemacher for Matthias Quad ca. 1600 [21280] 21 x 30 cm. Title cartouche and heraldic shield.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £100
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ARTOIS:1003. Visscher, N. ‘GEOGRAPHICA ARTESIAE COMITATUS TABULA’. Map of part of the northeast region of Artois in France, reaching from Calais inland to
Douay, Bapaume and Montreuil. Decorative cartouche with coat of arms and cherubs, and scale of miles. Nicolaas Visscher ca. 1685 [21876] 46 x 56 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £225
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ARTOIS:1004. Visscher, N. / Schenk, P. ‘LE COMTÉ D’ARTOIS, ET DES ENVIRONS...’. Detailed large map of the northeast region of Artois in France with the Straits of Dover, reaching to Abbeville, Arras, Lille and
Dunkerque. Cartouche supported by cherubs. Published by Pieter Schenk from the plate by Nicolaas Visscher ca. 1720 [21875] 49 x 70 cm. The map in full original
colour. Excellent condition. £280
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BOURGOGNE - BESANÇON:1005. Jaillot, H. ‘LA COMTÉ DE BOURGOGNE ... / LA FRANCHE COMTÉ DIVISEÉ EN TROIS GRANDS
BALLIAGES...’. Large map of the French Bourgogne region around Besançon, printed on two sheets and joined. Hubert Jaillot 1695 [22393] 80 x 56 cm. Original outline
colour. Excellent condition. £125
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BREST:1006. Admiralty Charts. ‘CAP DE LA CHÉVRE TO POINTE DE CORSEN INCLUDING RADE DE BREST’. Sea chart of the western French coast around Brest, compiled from French Government Charts to 1921. First published at the Admiralty 1859 under the Superintendence of
Captn. Washington, and now with small corrections by the Admiralty 1958 [26819] 68 x 102 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £100
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BRETAGNE:1007. Valk, G. ‘PRAEFECTURA DUCATUS
BRITANNIAE, QUAE SUPERIOR ET INFERIOR....’. Detailed map of the Bretagne, reaching east to St. Malo and Nantes. Gerard Valk ca. 1700 [22415] 49 x 59 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £300
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BRETAGNE:1008. Homann, J. B. ‘TABULA DUCATUS BRITANNIAE GALLIS / LE
GOUVERNEMT. GENERAL DE BRETAGNE...’. Detailed map of the Bretagne region in northwest France with figurative cartouche and small inset plan of Brest, reaching to
Avranches, Angers and Nantes in the east. Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1720 [23863] 48 x 57 cm. Full original
colour, incl. cartouche and plan. Occasional browning in the left white margin. Excellent condition. £350
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BRETAGNE:1009. Admiralty Charts. ‘FRANCE NORTH COAST SHEET VIII / USHANT TO PLATEAU DES ROCHES DOUVRES’. Large sea chart of the French north coast between Ile d’Ouessant and Les Sept
Iles, compiled from the Pilote Français 1823 with additions and corrections to 1911. First published at the Admiralty 1902 under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral W. J. L. Wharton, and now with small corrections by the Admiralty 1957 [26818] 65 x 127 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £100
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BRIE:1010. Blaeu, G. ‘LE PAIS DE BRIE’. Decorative map of the region of Brie southeast of Paris, home of the famous French cheese. Guiljelm Blaeu ca. 1631 [20564] 39 x 49 cm. Two decorative cartoches with
putti. Recent outline colour. Excellent condition. £175
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BURGUNDY:1011. Blaeu, J. ‘BURGUNDIA DUCATUS’. Decorative map of the famous French Burgundy wine region with figurative cartouches. Johann Blaeu ca. 1631 [20565] 45 x 56 cm. Recent outline
colour. Excellent condition. £175
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BURGUNDY:1012. Visscher, N. ‘COMITATUS BURGUNDIAE TAM IN PRAECIPUAS EJUS PRAEFECTURAS ...’. Map of Burgundy, the wine growing region in France, extending south as far as Geneva. Decorative Royal coat of arms and dedication to William III, and elaborate ctitle artouche with the French coat of arms. Published in Amsterdam by Nicolaas Visscher ca. 1690 [22387] 56 x 47 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £200
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BURGUNDY:1013. Schenk, P. & Valk, G. ‘UTRIUSQUE BURGUNDIAE TUM DUCATUS TUM
COMITATUS, DESCRIPTIO’. Map of Burgundy, the wine growing region in France, with decorative cartouche. Published in Amsterdam by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk ca. 1700 [22386] 38 x 49 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £150
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BURGUNDY:1014. Valk, G. ‘SUPERIOR BURGUNDIAE
COMITATUS; VULGO LA FRANCHE COMTÉ ...’. Map of Burgundy, the wine growing region in France. Gerard Valk ca. 1700 [22394] 57 x 49 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £180
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CALAIS - DUNKERQUE:1015. Fricx, E. H. ‘CARTE PARTICULIERE DES ENVIRONS DE
DUNKERQUE, BERGUES, FURNES, GRAVELINES, CALAIS, ET AUTRES’. Detailed map of the area between Calais and Dunkerque in northern France with attractive sailing ships in the sea. Eugene Henry Fricx 1707 [21997] 40 x 55 cm. Original outline
colour. Excellent condition. £175
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CAMARGUE:1016. Admiralty Charts. ‘SÈTE TO MARSEILLES’. Sea chart of the coast between Sète and Marseille
(Camargue) with a large inset chart of the Port of Sète, compiled from French Government Charts to 1912. First published at the Admiralty 1894 under the Superintendence of Captain W. J. L. Wharton, and now with small corrections by the Admiralty 1957 [26821] 66 x 98 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £120
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CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE:1017. Damme, J. v. / Schenk, P. & Valk, G. ‘LES ENVIRONS DE L’ESTANG DE
LONGPENDU, COMPRENANT UNE GRANDE PARTIE DU COMTÉ DE CHAROLOIS’. Detailed map of the close area west of Chalon-sur-Saône, between Dijon and Lyon. Figurative cartouche and scale of miles. North orientated to the left. Engraved by Abraham van den Broeck and published by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk from the plate by the Dutch cartographer Jean van Damme ca. 1700 [22388] 37 x 49 cm. The map in full original
colour. Excellent condition. £125
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CHAMPAGNE:1018. Valk, L. & G. ‘CAMPANIAE PRAEFECTURA DIVISUM IN ELECTIONES ...’. Map of the Champagne region in France between Amiens, Reims and Dijon. Leonard & Gerard Valk ca. 1700 [22391] 59 x 49 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £125
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CHAMPAGNE:1019. Jaillot, H. ‘GOUVERNEMENT GENERAL DE CHAMPAGNE....’. Large map of Champagne, the wine and champagne producing region in France. Printed on two sheets and joined. Hubert Jaillot 1717 [22392] 77 x 55 cm. Original outline
colour. Excellent condition. £200
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CHERBOURG:1020. Admiralty Charts. ‘CAPE FLAMANVILLE TO ST. MARCOUF IS.’. Detailed sea chart of Cherbourg harbour on the French north coast and its environs, compiled from the latest French Government Charts to 1921. First published by the Admiralty 1888 under the Superintendence of Captain W. J. L. Wharton, and now with small corrections by the Admiralty 1953 [26438] 65 x 98 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £100
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CORSICA:1021. Admiralty Charts. ‘CAPE FENO TO LAVA BAY’. Sea chart of the West coast of Corsica between Ajaccio and Bonifacio from French Government Surveys 1885-90. First published at the Admiralty 1895 under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral W. J. L. Wharton, and now with small corrections by the Admiralty 1957 [26827] 98 x 66 cm.
Uncoloured. Folded twice, otherwise excellent condition. £125
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CORSICA:1022. Admiralty Charts. ‘LAVA BAY TO CAPE MORSETTA’. Sea chart of the West coast of Corsica between Ajaccio and Calvi from French Government Surveys 1888-90. First published at the Admiralty 1895 under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral W. J. L. Wharton, and now with small corrections by the Admiralty 1957 [26828] 98 x 65 cm.
Uncoloured. Folded twice, otherwise excellent condition. £125
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CORSICA:1023. Admiralty Charts. ‘PORTS AND ANCHORAGES IN CORSICA’. Sea chart of 14 ports on Corsica, from French Government Charts first published at the Admiralty 1874 under the Superintendence of Captain F. J. Evans, and now with small corrections by the Admiralty 1958 [26815] 61 x 92 cm.
Uncoloured. Folded twice, otherwise excellent condition. £200
Under the depicted ports are
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CORSICA:1024. Admiralty Charts. ‘ISLAND OF CORSICA’. Sea chart of Corsica, surveyed by Captain Hell of the French Royal Navy 1824. First published at the Admiralty 1874 under the Superintendence of Captain F. J. Evans, and now with small corrections by the Admiralty 1959 [26826] 95 x 65 cm.
Uncoloured. Folded twice, otherwise excellent condition. £200
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CORSICA - SOUTHERN FRANCE - GENOVA:1025. Admiralty Charts. ‘GULFS OF LIONS AND GENOA’. Large sea chart of the whole coast of southern France, the Italian coast from Genoa to Elba, and the island of Corsica. Compiled from French and Italian Government Surveys to 1888. First published at the Admiralty 1893 under the Superintendence of Captain W. J. L. Wharton, and now with small corrections by the Admiralty 1959 [26832] 66 x 113 cm.
Uncoloured. Folded twice, otherwise excellent condition. £150
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CÔTE D’AZUR:1026. Admiralty Charts. ‘CAPE FERRAT TO BORDIGHERA’. Large sea chart of the Côte d’Azur between Cape Ferrat and
Bordighera, compiled from French and Italian Government Charts to 1901. Large inset chart of Port Monaco. First published at the Admiralty 1902 under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral W. J. L. Wharton, and now with latest corrections by the Admiralty 1954 [26816] 67 x 115 cm.
Uncoloured. Folded three times, title cartouche with brown stains, pencil lines and annotations in the sea, otherwise good condition. £125
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FLANDERS:1027. Visscher, N. ‘FLANDRIAE COMITATUS PARS
AUSTRALIS.....’. Map of southern Flanders, the French region around Lille, reaching to
Menen, Tournai, Valenciennes, Arras and Bailleul. Nicolaas Visscher ca. 1700 [21872] 48 x 54 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £200
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FLANDERS:1028. Visscher, N. ‘FLANDRIAE COMITATUS PARS
OCCIDENTALIS.....’. Map of northwest Flanders, the French region along the Channel, bordering and reaching into Belgium, including
Dunkerque, Nieuwpoort, Ieper, St.Omer and Gravelines. Nicolaas Visscher ca. 1700 [21873] 50 x 56 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £150
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FRANCE:1029. Münster, Seb. ‘DAS GANTZ FRANCKREICH / SO VOR ZEITEN GALLIA...’. Early map of France with large table of names in Latin and French and coat of arms. Seb. Münster ca. 1550 [20233] 25 x 34 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £220
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FRANCE:1030. Quad, M. ‘FRANCIAE ACCURATA
DESCRIPTIO. FRANCKREICH MIT SEINEN GRENTZEN’. Map of France. Matthias Quad 1589 [21281]
20 x 27 xm. Title cartouche and heraldic shield. Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £180
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FRANCE:1031. Merian, M. 'GALLIA. LE ROYAUME DE FRANCE.
FRANCKREYCH'. Map of France. M. Merian ca. 1646 [7632] 27 x 36 cm. Title cartouche, three heraldic cartouches. Excellent condition. £220
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FRANCE:1032. De Wit, F. ‘ACCURATISSIMA GALLIAE TABULA’. Map of France with figurative cartouche. Frederic de Wit ca. 1680 [22370] 49 x 58 cm. Full original
colour, the cartouche in full original colour. Excellent condition. £250
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FRANCE:1033. Danckerts, J. ‘ACCURATISSIMA GALLIAE TABULA’. Decorative map of France. Published in Amsterdam by Justus Danckerts ca. 1690 [22369] 49 x 57 cm. Original outline
colour, the cartouche in full original colour. Excellent condition. £300
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FRANCE:1034. Visscher, N. / Schenk, P. ‘GALLIAE SEU FRANCIAE
TABULA.....’. Map of France with large figurative cartouche. Published by Pieter Schenk junior from the plate by Nicolaas Visscher ca. 1720 [22367] 58 x 72 cm. The map in full original
colour. Excellent condition. £350
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FRANCE:1035. Sanson, N. / Schenk, P. ‘LE ROYAUME DE FRANCE...’. Map of France with pictorial cartouche. Published by Pieter Schenk from the plate by Nicolas Sanson ca. 1720 [23278] 48 x 57 cm. The map in full original
colour. Excellent condition. £250
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FRANCE:1036. Euler, L. ‘TABULA GEOGRAPH:
GALLIAE...’. Map of France. Leonhard Euler after J. C. G. Claussen for the Acad. Reg. Scient. et eleg. Litt. Boruss. ca. 1753 [24495] 34 x 39 cm. Full original
colour, cartouche uncoloured. Occasional faint agetoning, otherwise very good condition. Uncommon. £100
Leonhard Euler (Basel 1707 - St. Petersburg 1783), cartographer, physician and mathematician. Published ‘Atlas Geographicus’ for the Prussian Royal Academy of Sciences and Literature in Berlin between 1753 and 1760. - Small printed original Prussian tax/privilege seal as always. |
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FRENCH ALPS:1037. Schenk, P. & Valk, G. ‘SABAUDIA
DUCATUS. SAVOYE’. Map of the French Alps south of Lake Geneva, reaching to Grenoble and Susa near
Torino. Published by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk from the plate by Joannes Janssonius ca. 1700 [22286] 37 x 49 cm. Full original
colour, the cartouche uncoloured. Excellent condition. £175
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GASCOGNE:1038. Janssonius, J. / Schenk, P. & Valk, G. ‘DESCRIPTION DU GUIENNE’. Map of the Gascogne region from the Alantic coast between Bordeaux and Bayonne to Toulouse. North orientated to the left. Published by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk from the plate by Joannes Janssonius ca. 1700 [22400] 38 x 51 cm. Cartouche and scale of miles (both
uncoloured), the map in full original colour. Excellent condition. £175
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GRENOBLE - FRENCH ALPS:1039. Homann, J. B. ‘TABULA DELPHINATUS VULGO LE GOUVERNEMENT GENERAL DU DAUPHINE ...’. Map of the French Alps, centred on Grenoble and reaching from Lyon to Provence and
Torino/Italy, with large pictorial cartouche. Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1720 [22378] 48 x 57 cm. Full original
colour, cartouche uncoloured, but lightly browned. Very good condition. £125
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ILE DE RÉ - ILE D’OLÉRON:1040. Blaeu, W. & J. ‘XAINTONGE ET ANGOUMOIS’. Map of the greater area from Ile de Ré, La Rochelle, Ile d’Oléron and Gironde inland to Angoulême. Two figurative cartouches. Willem & Joan Blaeu 1639 [24960] 39 x 50 cm. Latin text verso. Original outline
colour. Excellent condition. £250
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ILE DE RÉ - ILE D’OLÉRON:1041. Blaeu, W. ‘INSULAE DIVI MARTINI ET
ULIARUS, VULGO L’ISLE DE RÉ ET OLERON’. Detailed chart of Ile de Ré and Ile d’Oléron with coast line around La Rochelle. North orientated to the left. Decorative cartouche and scale of miles with sea monster, ships and four compass roses. Willem Blaeu ca. 1650 [24112] 39 x 54 cm. Original outline
colour, including cartouches. Excellent condition. £450
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ILE DE RÉ - ILE D’OLÉRON:1042. Levasseur, V. ‘DEPT. DE LA CHARENTE
INFRE.’. Map of Ile de Ré and Ile d’Oléron on the Franch Atlantic coast, reaching inland to
Aulnay, Cognac and Barbezieux, surrounded by decorative scenery and vignettes of produce and custom of the country. Laguillermie for Levasseur’s Atlas National Illustré ca. 1852 [24962] 42 x 29 cm. The map in original outline
colour. Excellent condition. £150
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LANGUEDOC:1043. Admiralty Charts. ‘CAPE ST. SEBASTIAN TO SÈTE’. Large sea chart of the coast of Languedoc in southern France and parts of the Spanish coast, compiled from the latest French and Spanish Government Charts. First published at the Admiralty 1894 under the Superintendence of Captain W. J. L. Wharton, and now with small corrections by the Admiralty 1957 [26824] 127 x 66 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £100
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LE MANS:1044. Schenk, P. & Valk, G. ‘DIOCESE DU MANS VULGO LE MAINE, UBI OLIM CENOMANI’. Map of the area around Le Mans, the French city best known for its connection with
motorsports. Published by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk from the plate by Joannes Janssonius ca. 1700 [22382] 42 x 51 cm. Full original
colour, cartouches uncoloured. Excellent condition. £125
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LOIRE VALLEY:1045. Valk, G. & L. ‘AURELIANENSIS PRAEFECTURA
GENERALIS...’. Map of the whole length of the famous Loire valley from Nantes via Angers, Tours, Orleans and Nevers to St. Etienne. Gerard and Leonard Valk ca. 1702 [22375] 49 x 60 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £225
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LOIRE VALLEY - ANGERS:1046. Schenk, P. & Valk, G. ‘ANIOU’. Map of the Loire Valley, centred on Angers. Published by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk from the plate by Joannes Janssonius ca. 1700 [22381] Full original
colour, the cartouches uncoloured. Excellent condition. £125
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LORRAINE:1047. Visscher, N. ‘GENERALIS LOTHARINGIAE DUCATUS TABULA ...’. Map of Lorraine and parts of Alsace in eastern France, bordering the German Saarland with the town of Saarbrücken. Figurative cartouche. Printed on two sheets and joined. Nicolaas Visscher ca. 1690 [22395] 62 x 57 cm. The map in full original
colour. Excellent condition. £300
This is the larger version of the Visscher map of Lorraine, extending north to Luxembourg and the Mosel to
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LORRAINE:1048. Valk, G. ‘GENERALIS LOTHARINGIA DISPARTITA IN DUCATUM EJUS PROPRIUM ET
BARRENSEM...’. Map of Lorraine and parts of Alsace in eastern France, bordering the German Saarland with the town of Saarbrücken. Pictorial cartouche. Gerard Valk ca. 1702 [22383] 49 x 59 cm. The map in full original
colour. Excellent condition. £250
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LORRAINE:1049. Homann, J. B. ‘LOTHARINGIAE TABULA GENERALIS IN QUA DUCATUS LOTHARINGIAE ET BARRI ...’. Map of Lorraine in eastern France with Nancy and Metz in the
centre, reaching to Strasbourg and into the German Saarland, with figurative cartouche. Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1720 [22397] 49 x 57 cm. The map in full original
colour. Occasional paperthinning along centrefold, otherwise very good condition. £250
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LORRAINE - ALSACE:1050. Danckerts, Th. ‘LOTHARINGIAE ET UTRIUSQUE ALSATIAE IN DITIONES MINORES
DIVISARUM...’. Detailed map of the French region of Lorraine and Alsace, reaching from Strasbourg and the Black Forest to Metz. Theodor Danckerts ca. 1680 [22376] 49 x 57 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £150
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LYON:1051. Merian, M. ‘LYON’. View of Lyon from a height. A fine copy. M. Merian ca. 1646 [20148] 24 x 34 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £180
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LYON:1052. Schenk, P. & Valk, G. ‘LA PRINCIPAUTE DE DOMBES’. Detailed map of the area above Lyon. Published by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk from the plate by Joannes Janssonius ca. 1700 [22390] Full original
colour, the cartouches uncoloured. Excellent condition. £100
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LYON:1053. Sanson, N. / Mortier, P. ‘LE GOUVERNEMENT GENERAL DU LYONNOIS COMPRENANT LES PROVINCES DU
LYONNOIS, DU FOREZ ET DU BEAUJOLOIS’, Map of the region north and south of Lyon with large figurative cartouche., printed on two double sheets, not joined. Published by Pierre Mortier from the plate by Nicolas Sanson ca. 1700 [22408] 79 x 56 cm when joined. The map in original outline
colour. Excellent condition. The set of two map sheets £450
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LYON:1054. Rudemare, J. ‘PLAN DE LA VILLE ET FAUBOURGS DE LYON’. Plan of Lyon, engraved by C. Inselin after Ferdinand
Delamonce. Jean Rudemare in Paris ca. 1818 [22559] 36 x 48 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £150
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MONT-DE-MARSAN:1055. Du Val, P. de / Schenk, P. & Valk, G. ‘L’EVESCHÉ D’AIRE’. Detailed map of the close area around
Mont-de-Marsan in southwest France with three cartouches supported by cherubs. North orientated to the south. Published by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk from the plate by Pierre Du Val ca. 1700 [22402] 43 x 54 cm. The map in full original
colour. Excellent condition. £125
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NANTES:1056. Jaillot, H. / Ottens, R. & J. ‘CARTE DE L’EVESCHÉ DE NANTES... / NOVA NANNETENSIS EPISCOPATUS
TABULA...’. Detailed map of the area around Nantes, St. Nazaire and the Atlantic coast. Published by Reinier & Josua Ottens from the plate by Hubert Jaillot ca. 1725 [22419] 44 x 56 cm. Decorative cartouche, windrose and tables of explanations
(uncoloured), the map in full original colour. Excellent condition. £125
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NORMANDIE:1057. Ottens, J. ‘LE GOUVERNEMENT DE NORMANDIE & UNE PARTIE DE L’ISLE DE FRANCE, D’ORLEONOIS & DE
BRETAGNE.’ Map of Normandy, reaching south to the Loire valley between Nantes and Orleans. Joachim Ottens ca. 1700 [22418] 49 x 59 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £200
There is an unusual (original) extension flap pasted to the top right half of the map, covering the coast around Dieppe. |
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NORMANDIE:1058. Aa, P. v. d. ‘CARTE DU GOUVERNEMENT DE
NORMANDIE, SUIVANT LES NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS’. Map of Normandie in northern France with pictorial cartouche. Pieter van der Aa, Leiden 1714 [25109] 23 x 30 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £100
Folio edition - no
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PARIS:1059. [Hogenberg, F.]. ‘PAREIS VOM KONIG NAVARRO
BELEGERT, UND ENTSATZT DURCH DEN PRINCZ VON PARMA’. Birds-eye view of Paris besieged by the Spanish king of Navarra and liberated by the Italian prince of Parma on 19th August 1590. Description of the historical events in German verse below. From Hogenberg’s ‘Geschichtsblätter’ 1590 [23839] 21 x 29 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £350
During the 19th century cut into 6 parts, laid down on linen and folded into parchment binding with silky goldcoloured endpapers showing the Royal Bourbon
lilly. |
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PARIS:1060. Janssonius, J. / Schenk, P. & Valk, G. ‘AGER PARISIENSIS VULGO L’ISLE DE FRANCE’. Map of the Greater Paris area between
Oise, Seine and Marne. Published by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk from the plate by Joannes Janssonius ca. 1700 [22380] 33 x 45 cm. Cartouche with armorial shield and cherubs
(uncoloured), the map in full original colour. Excellent condition. £125
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PARIS:1061. Homann, J. B. ‘AGRI PARISIENSIS TABULA
PARTICULARIS, QUA MAXIMA PARS INSULAE FRANCIAE...’. Detailed and decorative map of the area about 40km around Paris and Versailles, reaching to Mantes,
Senlis, Melun and Rambouillet. Figurative cartouche. Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1720 [22373] 57 x 48 cm. The map in full original
colour. Excellent condition. £320
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PARIS:1062. Esnauts & Rapilly. ‘NOUVEAU PLAN ROUTIER DE LA VILLE ET FAUBOURGS DE PARIS’. Early folding plan of Paris, dissected into 24 segments and laid down on linen. Flanked by extensive alphabetical tables of streets, buildings, hospitals etc. Published in Paris by Esnauts & Rapilly 1773 [25237] Probably the first edition. 53 x 81 cm.
Uncoloured. Occasional slight browning, otherwise very good condition. £400
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PARIS:1063. Bowyer, R. ‘CEREMONY OF TE DEUM BY THE ALLIED ARMIES ON THE SQUARE OF LOUIS XV, AT PARIS, the 10th April, 1814. Bowyer ca 1816 [24980] Original hand coloured aquatint, 28 x 51 cm. Excellent condition. £125
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PARIS:1064. Davies, B. R. ‘PLAN OF PARIS & THE SURROUNDING COMMUNES SHEWING THE FORTIFICATIONS & ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS’. Doublepage plan of Paris, reaching clockwise (from the north) to
Clichy, Vincennes, Gentilly and Sevres. Benjamin Rees Davies for Weekly Dispatch Atlas ca. 1860 [25523] 41 x 62 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £120
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PARIS:1066. Garnier. ‘NOUVEAU PARIS MONUMENTAL. ITINERAIRE PRATIQUE DE L’ETRANGER DANS PARIS’. Plan of Paris seen from a half birds-eye position, with numerous vignettes depicting significant buildings. Engraved by L.
Poulmaire, printed by Dufrenoy and published in Paris by Garnier Frères ca. 1880 [24937] 48 x 67 cm. Full original
colour. Previously folded and few folds strengthened. Very good condition. £250
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PARIS:1067. Letts, Son & Co. ‘CITY OF PARIS’. Doublepage plan of Paris, printed on two sheets and joined. Letts’s Popular Atlas ca. 1884 [26330] 38 x 58 cm. Printed in
colours. Excellent condition. £180
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PARIS:1068. Leconte, A. ‘NOUVEAU PARIS MONUMENTAL. ITINERAIRE PRATIQUE DE L’ETRANGER DANS PARIS’. Plan of Paris seen from a half birds-eye position, with numerous vignettes depicting significant buildings. Engraved by L.
Poulmaire, printed by Gaston Maillet and published in Paris by A. Leconte ca. 1890 [24938] 48 x 67 cm. Full original
colour. Previously folded and few folds strengthened. Very good condition. £250
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PARIS - ROUEN - AMIENS:1069. Visscher, N. ‘CARTE GÉOGRAPHIQUE DANS LA QUELLE ON VOIT UNE PARTIE DES PROVINCES DE
PICARDIE, NORMANDIE, & ISLE DE FRANCE’. Detailed map of the area between Paris, Rouen and Amiens. Nicolaas Visscher ca. 1685 [22420] 58 x 45 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £150
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PAS DE CALAIS - ARTOIS:1070. Valk, G. & L. ‘PRAEFECTURA PICCARDIAE ...’. Map of northeast France between Calais, Dieppe and Maubeuge on the Belgian border. Gerard & Leonard Valk ca. 1700 [22417] 49 x 59 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £100
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PAS DE CALAIS - PICARDIE:1071. Ortelius, A. ‘CALETENSIUM ET BONONIENSIUM DITIONIS ACCURATA DELINEATIO’ and ‘VEROMANDUORUM EORUMQUE CONFINIUM EXACTISSIMA DESCRIPTIO’. Two maps on one sheet, one of Pas de Calais with the French coast of the English Channel from Montreuil via Calais to Dunkerque (33 x 23 cm), the other of Picardie in northern France with St. Quentin in the centre (33 x 23 cm), south orientated to the top. Abraham Ortelius ca. 1570 [25425] 33 x 48 cm in total. Latin text verso. Full later
colour. Double-mounted and framed. Excellent condition. £225
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POSTAL ROUTES:1072. Homann Heirs. ‘GALLIA POSTARUM GEOGRAPHICE
DESIGNATA.... / CARTE GENERALE DES POSTES DE LA FRANCE’. A general post map of France showing the connections and communications. After Hubert Jaillot published in Nürnberg by Homann Heirs 1745 [22372] 48 x 56 cm. Original outline
colour. Excellent condition. £175
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PROVENCE:1073. Valk, G. ‘PROVINCIA. SUPREMARUM GALLIAE PRAEFECTURARUM
UNA: VULGARITER GOUVERNEMENT DE PROVENCE....’. Map of Provence from Arles to Nice. Gerard Valk ca. 1700 [22384] 49 x 59 cm. The map in full original
colour. Excellent condition. £400
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PROVENCE:1074. Aa, P. v. d. ‘CARTE DU GOUVERNEMENT DE
PROVENCE, SUIVANT LES NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS’. Map of the Provence in southern France with pictorial cartouche. Pieter van der Aa, Leiden 1714 [25118] 23 x 30 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £125
Folio edition - no
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PROVENCE:1075. Homann, J. B. ‘PROVINCIA INDIGENIS DICTA LA
PROVENCE...’. Map of the Provence from Arles to Monaco. Inset plan of Toulon
harbour. Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1720 [22377] 48 x 57 cm. Pictorial cartouche
(uncoloured), the map in full original colour. Excellent condition. £400
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PROVENCE:1076. Homann Heirs. ‘LE COMTÉ ET GOUVERNEMENT DE
PROVENCE... / PRAEFECTURA GENERALIS & COMITATUS PROVINCIAE...’. Map of the Provence in southern France with two cartouches, the title cartouche showing 40 coats of arms. Homann Heirs ca. 1750 [24106] 47 x 59 cm. Full original
colour, incl. cartouches. Faint brown stain in the top right white margin just outside the image. Excellent condition. £400
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REIMS:1077. Merian, M. ‘REIMS EN CHAMPAGNE’. Half birds-eye view/plan of Reims in the Champagne. M. Merian ca. 1646 [20045] 21 x 33 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £100
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SOUTHERN FRANCE - LANGUEDOC:1078. Allard, C. ‘LES BASSES SEVENNES DANS LE LANGUEDOC OU LE DIOCESE DE MONTPELLIER DIVISÉ EN NEUF
ARCHIPRETREZ... / DE NEDER SEVENNES IN LANGUEDOC OF ‘T BISDOM VAN MONTPELLIER...’. Detailed map of Languedoc in southern France, the area around Montpellier, showing the boundaries of all the archbishops’ dioceses. Engraved by A. Allard and printed in Amsterdam by Charles Allard ca. 1697 [22616] 42 x 50 cm. The map in full original
colour. Excellent condition. £350
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SOUTHERN FRANCE - LANGUEDOC:1079. Mortier, P. ‘LE THEATRE DE LA GUERRE DANS LES
SEVENNES, LE LANGUEDOC, ET LE PAYS AUX ENVIRONS...’ and ‘PARTIE DES SEVENNES ET LE BAS
VIVARAIS, LE DIOCESE DE MONTPELLIER ET DE NISMES...’. Detailed map on two sheets of southern France and the Mediterranean coast between
Avignon, Montpellier and Narbonne, reaching north to Lyon, showing the boundaries of all the archbishops’ dioceses. Inset map of
Bresse. Pierre Mortier ca. 1700 [22411] 44 x 59 cm each. Original outline
colour. Excellent condition. The set of two maps £450
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STRASBOURG:1080. Braun, G. / Hogenberg, F. ‘ARGENTORATUM’. Half birds-eye view/plan of Strasbourg. Braun & Hogenberg’s Civitates Orbis Terrarum ca. 1572 [21341] Title cartouche and two heraldic shields. Full original
colour. Short tear to upper margin expertly and invisibly closed. £375
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STRASBOURG:1081. Merian, M. ‘DIE STATT STRASSBURG / ARGENTINA’. Half birds-eye view of the town with the fortifications and a few remarkable buildings. M. Merian ca. 1646 [21355] 28 x 36 cm. Heraldic shield and two tables of explanations. Excellent condition. £165
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STRASBOURG:1082. Janssonius, J. / Schenk, P. & Valk, G. ‘TERRITORIUM ARGENTORATENSE’. Map of the area immediate around Strasbourg, reaching East to the Black Forest and
Offenburg, and West to the Ardennes. North orientated to the left. Figurative cartouche and two coats of arms. Published by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk from the plate by Joannes Janssonius ca. 1700 [23303] 37 x 49 cm. Cartouche and coat of arms
uncoloured, the map in original outline colour. Excellent condition. £200
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STRASBOURG:1083. Seutter, M. ‘CHOROGRAPHIA ARGENTORATI ALSATIAE METROPOLIS...’. Detailed map of the immediate area 25km around Strasbourg, reaching to Lichtenau and Gengenbach in the East (Baden) and Benfeldt and Saverne in the West (Alsace). Matthaeus Seutter ca. 1730 [24934] 49 x 57 cm. Cartouche
uncoloured, the map in full original colour. Excellent condition. £350
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STRASBOURG:1084. Seutter, M. ‘STRASBOURG, VILLE ANCIENNE CELEBRE ET TRES FORTIFIEÉ... / STRASBURG, EINE UHRALTE SEHR BERÜHMTE U. NUN AUCH UNGEMEIN FORTIFICIRTE
STATT...’. Large plan of Strasbourg with panorama of the town, flanked by allegorical figures, below. Matthaeus Seutter in Augsburg ca. 1745 [23873] 49 x 57 cm. Full strong original
colour. Excellent condition. £750
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TOURAINE:1085. Blaeu, J. and G. ‘DUCATUS
TURONENSIS... / TOURAINE’. Decorative map of the famous French wine region around Tours. Johann Blaeu and Guiljelm Janssonius ca. 1631 [20567] 38 x 49 cm. Two cartouches and coat of arms. Recent outline
colour. Excellent condition. £175
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VERSAILLES:1086. Seutter, M. ‘VERSAILLES CHATEAU DE PLAISANCE LE PLUS DELICIEUX ET LE PLUS
MAGNIFIQUE... / VERSAILLES DAS ANMUTHIG U. PRÄCHTIGSTE LUST-SCHLOSS...’. Magnificent view of the seventeenth century palace and gardens of King Louis XIV, the 'Sun King' and greatest of the Bourbon monarchs, in Versailles near Paris, with crowds of elegantly dressed ladies and gentlemen, many arriving by coaches, to watch a royal procession entering the grounds. Title banner in the sky. Matthaeus Seutter in Augsburg ca. 1730 [24037] 49 x 56 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £600
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