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406		Russia cum Confinijs		Northeastern Europe, Russia Mercator/Hondius		1635 A+		$150.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 7.3 x 5.4 inches) Charming small map of the Russian Empire in Eastern Europe. It covers the region from Scandinavia and Poland to the Ural Mountains. It has nicely detailed pictorial topography, including forests, towns, and mountains. The map is embellished with two strapwork cartouches. English text on the verso.

407		Seconde Partie de la Carte d'Europe contenant le Danemark et la Norwege, la Suede, et la Russie (a l'exception de l'Ukraine)		Northern Europe Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville		1758 B+		$350.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 39.7 x 27 inches) This finely engraved chart covers the region from Denmark through to the Urals, and all of Scandinavia. The map is filled with great detail of the terrain and watershed and names scores of small towns and villages. Large decorative title cartouche with eight distance scales below. Large inset at upper left shows the island of Iceland. Engraved by G. De la Haye.

408		Carte Genealogique pour Conduire a l'Histoire des Rois du Nord, la Carte de leurs Etats, leurs armes et des Remarques pour Conduire a l'Intelligence de l'Histoire du Nord		Scandinavia Henry Abraham Chatelain		1720 A		$200.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 37.5 x 15 inches) This interesting large engraving features two maps (approximately 9 x 8") - Nouvelle Carte du Royaume de Suede and Carte du Royaume de Gothie. The sheet is dominated by an elaborate family tree and coats of arms detailing the royal lineage of Scandinavia. Two-sheets joined as issued.

409		Les Royaumes de Suede et de Norwege, divise's en Leurs Provinces ou Gouvernmens		Scandinavia Robert de Vaugondy (family)		1756 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 22.4 x 19 inches) Large and beautifully engraved chart of Sweden, Norway and Finland. There is good detail of watershed and lakes, topography, towns and villages, islands, etc. The map includes portions of Russia including St. Petersburg, Curlande, Livonie and Ingrie with an inset of Iceland and a large rococo cartouche.

410		Gothia		Sweden Blaeu Family		1640 A+		$500.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 20.5 x 16.3 inches) This is a superb, decorative map of the southern part of Sweden. The forested topography and lakes are well depicted and there are numerous place names. The large cartouches have a military theme with Mars and his fierce hounds atop the title. The map is further embellished with several sailing ships and coats of arms. This is the first state with a scales cartouche at lower left. Dutch text o...

411		Spitsberga		Spitsbergen, Norway Johannes Blaeu		1662 B+		$550.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.5 x 15 inches) Blaeu's map of Spitsbergen stands alone among Dutch charts. It is based was the Muscovy Company's map of 1625, but the north coast is completely new. It makes the heads of Wiche sound (Liefde bay) and Wyde bay communicate, and it marks and names Hinlopen strait. It also introduced a number of place names. Spitsbergen was an important station for Dutch whalers in the 17th centuries. This is an...

412		Pomeraniae Wandalice Regionis Tipus		Baltic Ortelius/Marchetti		1598 A+		$130.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 4 x 2.8 inches) Charming miniature map of the historic region of Pomerania on the shores of the Baltic Sea. It includes present-day Poland with the Vistula delta; Rostok and Germany to the west and Belarus to the east. The tiny map is decorated with a nice cartouche, two sea monsters and a sailing ship. Pietro Maria Marchetti produced the second pocket atlas based on Abraham Ortelius' folio Theatrum. I...

413		Magnae Prussiae Ducatus Tabula'		Baltic Nicolas Visscher		1690 A+		$600.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 20.5 x 17 inches) This is a superb map of the Prussian Empire, which includes present-day Poland, Lithuania and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad (here Konigsperg). The map is beautifully engraved to illustrate the many lakes, rivers and forests. The elaborate title cartouche and map key fills nearly the entire sea and is surrounded with allegorical figures, a coat of arms, and putti. Sailing ships and a compas...

414		Ducatuum Livoniae et Curlandiae cum vicinis Insulis Nova Exhibitio Geographica		Baltic Johann Baptist Homann		1720 A		$300.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 23 x 19.2 inches) This attractive map of Estonia and Latvia shows the fortified towns of Goldingen and Derpt and is filled with hundreds of tiny villages, forests, marshes, mountains and rivers. The islands of Saaramaa and Hiiumaa (Dagho, Oesel) are prominent in the Gulf of Riga. The sheet is decorated with a drape-style title cartouche held aloft by weapon-wielding putti and a scale cartouche in the opposite cor...

415		Daniae Regni Typus		Denmark Ortelius/Marchetti		1598 A		$100.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 4 x 3 inches) This handsome miniature map focuses on Denmark, but extends from the German coastline north to include part of the Norwegian coastline and the southern part of Sweden including Stockholm. Pietro Maria Marchetti produced the second pocket atlas based on Abraham Ortelius' folio Theatrum. It is often referred to as the plagiarized version of the Epitome. The copper plates are closely...

416		Regni Daniae, Novissima et Accuratissima Tabula		Denmark Nicolas Visscher		1670 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 21.6 x 17.8 inches) Magnificent map of all of Denmark, the northern tip of Germany and the southern tip of Sweden. The land is fully engraved with mountains, forests and cities, while the sea is filled with various types of ships, including two engaged in battle. The title cartouche is quite elaborate with a host of livestock, putti, and two men with clubs standing guard over the coat of arms in the center. The cr...

417		Copenhague Ville Capitale du Royaume de Dannemarq'		Copenhagen, Denmark Nicholas de Fer		1705 A		$150.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 13 x 18.8 inches) This is a fine small plan of the city and fortifications of Copenhagen. The map is oriented with north in the upper right corner by a decorative compass rose. Accompanying the map is a full sheet containing a French text explanation and history of the city's fortifications.

418		Tabula Generalis Iutiae continens		Denmark Johann Baptist Homann		1720 A		$180.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.5 x 22.6 inches) Boldly engraved map of northern Denmark with fine detail of topography, forests and towns. The superb pictorial title cartouche features the king and queen of ancient Jutland with their children and livestock.

419		Contrafehtung der Statt Hertzogen Bosch		Netherlands and Belgium Sebastian Munster		1578 A		$80.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 6 x 4.8 inches) The sheet (13.3 x 8.2") of German text contains woodblock plans of Hertogenbosch on one side and Mechelen on the other.

420		Belgii Veteris Typus		Low Countries Abraham Ortelius		1584 A+		$550.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19 x 14.8 inches) This is Ortelius' first map of the historic region of Belgium and the Netherlands. The ancient place names are based on classical sources, most notably Caesar. The map is richly engraved with forests, rivers and cities and adorned with four bold cartouches and a unique compass rose. From the 1592 Latin edition with Latin text on verso.

421		Gallia Belgica		Low Countries Ortelius/Marchetti		1598 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 4 x 3 inches) Charming miniature map covering Belgium and the surrounding region embellished with a sea monster in a stipple engraved sea. Pietro Maria Marchetti produced the second pocket atlas based on Abraham Ortelius' folio Theatrum. It is often referred to as the plagiarized version of the Epitome. The copper plates are closely copied from those of Philip Galle's 1593 Italian edition. On...

422		Flandria, Brabantia, et Holanda Nova		Low Countries Ruscelli		1599 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 9.8 x 7.2 inches) Ruscelli based this map of the Low Countries on Gastaldi's edition of Ptolemy. It illustrates the lowlands of Holland very well and names Isole de Zilanda. It covers a wide region and includes part of England, France and Germany. Engraved in the Italian style with stippled seas. This is a later state with the title re-engraved to read "Flandra, Brabantia, et Holanda Nuova".

423		Belgii veteris typus: cui adjunximus veterum Belgicoru'		Low Countries Pieter Van Den Keere		1617 A		$450.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 6.5 x 5.8 inches) This scarce and unusual folio sheet contains a small map of the historic region based on Ortelius and five illustrations of the rituals and customs of the ancient Celtic tribes, which include several different types of sacrifice. The map and illustrations are drawn from classical sources including Caesar, Strabo, Livius, Diodorus, and Posidonius.

424		Belgii Veteris Typus. Ex Conatibus Geographicis Abrahami Ortelij		Low Countries Visscher		1624 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.2 x 14.7 inches) Scarce and superb map of this historic region based on the cartography of Ortelius. Graphically engraved to illustrate the forested land with a few cities and ancient place names taken from classical sources. The map is elaborately adorned with three cartouches, a sailing ship, and a flirtatious scene of peasants.

425		De Bello Belgico Decas il Famiani Stradae Rom. Soc. Iesu		Low Countries Strada		1632 A		$5,000.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 8.8 x 12.4 inches) The most famous of all cartographic curiosities is the Leo Belgicus, in which the Low Countries were depicted in the form of a lion. This curious form of cartography is one of the highpoints in the Golden Age of mapmaking. Based on the original 1538 Aitsinger form with the lion standing facing right with a paw raised and holding a shield. This is the largest of the Famianus Strada versions, use...

426		Brabantiae pars Septentrionalis		Low Countries Hondius/Jansson		1636 A		$275.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 21.4 x 18 inches) This is an extremely detailed map of North Brabant that is roughly centered on the city of Breda and extends into Belgium to include Antwerp and Herentals. The information displayed includes roads, fortresses, churches, mills, polders, canals, dykes, marshes, forests, rivers, lakes and ponds. English text on verso.

427		Patriae Antiquae inter Iuly et Caroli Magni Caesarum Romanorum Tempora Descriptio		Low Countries Jan Jansson		1660 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 18.5 x 15 inches) A compass rose orients this handsome map of the Low Countries and northern Germany with north to the right. The map describes part of Charlemagne's Empire centered on the Rhine River. The map was drawn by Herman Ewich and engraved by S. Saevry.

428		[Lot of 2] Kaart van't Graafschap Henegouwen [and] Comitatus Flandriae Accurata Descritio La Comte de Flandre		Low Countries		1735-50 B+		$60.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1)Kaart van't Graafschap Henegouwen, by Daniel de la Feuille, from Kleyne en Beknopte Atlas, of Tooneel des Oorlogs in Europa, circa 1735 (8.5 x 5.8"). An attractive small map with insets of Mons and Valencienne. The map covers the region along the current border with France and Belgium. 2)Comitatus Flandriae Accurata Descritio La Comte de Flandre, anonymous, c...

429		Typus Frisiae Orientalis. Auctore Vbbone Emmio		Netherlands Hondius/Blaeu		1642 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19 x 14.7 inches) Beautiful map of East Frisia and its important shipping center of Emden and the Watten Islands. An inset shows the region inundated by the great flood on Christmas Day, 1277. Finely adorned with cartouches, animals, Neptune, sea monsters, ships, surveyors, a compass rose and two elaborate coats of arms. Engraved by Hondius from the cartography of Ubbo Emmius, a local cartographer and historian ...

430		Belgica Foederata		Netherlands Johannes Blaeu		1670 B+		$450.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 20.5 x 17 inches) This is a fine map of the United Provinces during the Golden Age, when the Dutch dominated world trade in the 17th century. The map is very detailed with rivers, canals, marshes, hills, and forests carefully illustrated. Cities, villages, fortifications, and polders, including the Beemster polder, located. An inset map of the Maas River is included in the scales cartouche. The title cartouche i...

431		Comitatus Hollandiae Tabula Pluribus Locis Recens Emendata a Frederico de Wit		Netherlands Frederick de Wit		1690 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 22 x 18 inches) This decorative map depicts Utrecht and parts of Friesland and Brabant with their coasts. The details includes canals, roads, polders, marshes, and villages with major cities marked in red. The West Frisian Islands are shown in an inset. Compass roses orient north to the right and a variety of sailing vessels fill the seas. A host of mermen pull a sea chariot with the Dutch coat of arms and a ...

432		An Accurate View of Amsterdam, the Capital of the Dutch Netherlands		Amsterdam, Netherlands George H. Millar		1782 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 11.3 x 8 inches) A fine view of Amsterdam as seen from the sea with numerous sailing ships and boats in the foreground. The scene is surrounded in a decorative picture-frame style border. Engraved by John Lodge and published by Alexander Hogg.

433		Brabantiae Recens Descri.		Belgium Ortelius/Marchetti		1598 A+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 4 x 3 inches) Oriented with north to the right, this miniature map of Brabant includes Rotterdam, Antwerp and Brussels. Pietro Maria Marchetti produced the second pocket atlas based on Abraham Ortelius' folio Theatrum. It is often referred to as the plagiarized version of the Epitome. The copper plates are closely copied from those of Philip Galle's 1593 Italian edition. On a full sheet (5.5 x...

434		Flandria		Belgium Ortelius/Marchetti		1598 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 4 x 3 inches) A charming map of Flandria with north oriented towards the right by a tiny compass rose. The miniature map is adorned with cartouches, a coat of arms, a ship and a sea monster. Pietro Maria Marchetti produced the second pocket atlas based on Abraham Ortelius' folio Theatrum. It is often referred to as the plagiarized version of the Epitome. The copper plates are closely copied fr...

435		Flandria		Belgium Pieter Van Den Keere		1625 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12.1 x 9 inches) The decorative elements on this map of Belgium are particularly well engraved. An intricate compass rose and sailing ships fill the sea and a bold strapwork title cartouche balances the composition. The map itself includes detailed information including rivers, bridges, dikes, cities, villages, windmills, marshes, forests, and monasteries. Van den Keere's Latinized name is below the distance sc...

436		Lutzenburgensis Ducatus Veriss. Descript. Iacobo Surhnoio Montano Auctore		Luxembourg Abraham Ortelius		1579 B+		$350.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.3 x 14.3 inches) Ortelius' great map of Luxembourg was based on the 1551 manuscript map of Jacques Surhon. The map had been suppressed for security reasons and it did not appear until 1579, when Antwerp was independent for a short time. The map is finely detailed and beautifully decorated with a large title cartouche. Latin text on verso with page number 26 indicates this map was published in the 1579 Latin edi...

437		Folium LLLCCIIII [Francia]		France Johann Schonsperger		1497 B+		$120.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches) This is an imaginary woodcut view of towns and cities representing the Kingdom of France on full sheet (8.4 x 12") with Latin text. It is from a rare reduced edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle, that is often called the Mini-Schedel. Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, published in 1493, presented the history of the world in a pictorial encyclopedia. Among the illustration...

438		Das gantz Frankreich'		France Sebastian Munster		1578 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 13.8 x 10 inches) Woodblock map of France with a panel giving the names and principal cities of the various regions. The land is graphically engraved with mountains, rivers, forests and cities. A coat of arms decorates the map and on verso is a graphic illustration with German text.

439		Picardiae, Belgicae regionis descriptio. Joanne Surhonio auctore		France Abraham Ortelius		1579 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 20 x 12.8 inches) Superb example of the decorative style of Ortelius, based on the cartography of Jean Surhon. The map is filled with detail of the countryside along the Somme River, includes Abbeville, Amiens, Saint Quentin and La Fere (which was obviously a larger city in the sixteenth century than it is today). Two large and elaborate strapwork cartouches decorate the map at top and bottom. Latin text on vers...

440		Poictou		France Ortelius/Marchetti		1598 A+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 4 x 3 inches) Miniature map showing the western region of France including La Rochelle, Limoges and Nantes. Pietro Maria Marchetti produced the second pocket atlas based on Abraham Ortelius' folio Theatrum. It is often referred to as the plagiarized version of the Epitome. The copper plates are closely copied from those of Philip Galle's 1593 Italian edition. On a full sheet (5.5 x 7.5") of It...

441		Normandia		France Ortelius/Marchetti		1598 A+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 3.8 x 2.8 inches) This handsome miniature map shows the region of Normandy in France. Pietro Maria Marchetti produced the second pocket atlas based on Abraham Ortelius' folio Theatrum. It is often referred to as the plagiarized version of the Epitome. The copper plates are closely copied from those of Philip Galle's 1593 Italian edition. On a full sheet (5.5 x 7.5") of Italian text.

442		Aniou		France Ortelius/Marchetti		1598 A+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 4 x 3 inches) A charming miniature map of the Anjou region, centered on Angiers and the Loire River valley. Pietro Maria Marchetti produced the second pocket atlas based on Abraham Ortelius' folio Theatrum. It is often referred to as the plagiarized version of the Epitome. The copper plates are closely copied from those of Philip Galle's 1593 Italian edition. On a full sheet (5.5 x 7.5") of It...

443		Lotharingia		France Ortelius/Marchetti		1598 A+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 4 x 3 inches) This charming miniature map of northwestern France is oriented with east at the top. It includes the cities of Metz and Nancy, along with many smaller towns. Pietro Maria Marchetti produced the second pocket atlas based on Abraham Ortelius' folio Theatrum. It is often referred to as the plagiarized version of the Epitome. The copper plates are closely copied from those of Philip Galle's ...

444		Guasconiae Descriptio		France Ortelius/Marchetti		1598 A+		$55.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 4 x 2.8 inches) This handsome miniature map shows the region of Gasconia in southwest France from the mouth of the Garonne River to the Pyrenees. Pietro Maria Marchetti produced the second pocket atlas based on Abraham Ortelius' folio Theatrum. It is often referred to as the plagiarized version of the Epitome. The copper plates are closely copied from those of Philip Galle's 1593 Italian edition....

445		Artesia		France Ortelius/Vrients		1609 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 4.8 x 3.3 inches) Attractive miniature map of the border region with Belgium. Features the cities of Boulogne, Estaples and Abbeville, and inland to include Cambrai. The map was engraved by the brothers Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius who had been assistants to Frans Hogenburg and co-engravers of Ortelius' folio Theatrum. This series of maps was accompanied by text by Michel Coignet and was published by Jan B. Vr...

446		Britannia		France Ortelius/Vrients		1609 A+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 4.8 x 3.3 inches) Charming miniature map of Brittany embellished with a stipple engraved sea, a sailing ship, a fishing boat and two strapwork cartouches. The map was engraved by the brothers Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius who had been assistants to Frans Hogenburg and co-engravers of Ortelius' folio Theatrum. This series of maps was accompanied by text by Michel Coignet and was published by Jan B. Vrients. Lati...

447		Provincia		France Ortelius/Vrients		1609 B+		$80.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 4.5 x 3.4 inches) Miniature version of Ortelius' map of Provence with the cities of Avignon, Marseille and Nice. Decorated with a strapwork title cartouche. The map was engraved by the brothers Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius who had been assistants to Frans Hogenburg and co-engravers of Ortelius' folio Theatrum. This series of maps was accompanied by text by Michel Coignet and was published by Jan B. Vrients. Lat...

448		Leodiensis Episcopatus		France Ortelius/Vrients		1609 A+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 4.7 x 3.3 inches) Charming miniature map of the Muese River valley including Namur and Liege, with east oriented at top of map. The map was engraved by the brothers Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius who had been assistants to Frans Hogenburg and co-engravers of Ortelius' folio Theatrum. This series of maps was accompanied by text by Michel Coignet and was published by Jan B. Vrients. Latin text on verso.

449		La Mans Cenomanorum Typus		France Ortelius/Vrients		1609 A+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 4.6 x 3.4 inches) Charming miniature map covering the region surrounding Le Mans decorated with a strapwork title cartouche. The map was engraved by the brothers Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius who had been assistants to Frans Hogenburg and co-engravers of Ortelius' folio Theatrum. This series of maps was accompanied by text by Michel Coignet and was published by Jan B. Vrients. Latin text on verso.

450		Gallia Vetus Ad Iulij Caesaris Commentaria		France Jan Jansson		1684 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.5 x 14.5 inches) Map of ancient France based on information from Caesar's De Bello Gallico. It is engraved to show the mountains, rivers and forests with only a few ancient place names. The names of famous people and tribes of Gallia, as described by Caesar, are listed at sides. It is a handsome map with three decorative cartouches.

451		Gouvernement General de Picardie, et Partie de celuy de l'Isle de France ou se trouve les Generalitez d'Amiens et de Soissons		France Nicholas de Fer		1705 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 14 x 9.7 inches) This detailed map of Picardy is embellished with decorative title cartouche and an interesting distance scale. It was engraved by Peter Starckman and filled with information on even the smallest villages.

452		Carte Particuliere des Environs de Dunkerque, Bergues, Furnes, Gravelines, Calais, et Autres		France Eugene Henri Fricx		1707 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 21.8 x 16 inches) Handsome map of the coast from Calais to Furnes and into the interior as far as Cassel. Great detail of roads, forests, canals and fortified cities. The map is decorated with several sailing ships and fishing boats.

453		Dunkirk A strong Seaport Town in the Earldom of Flanders, in the Low Countries subject to the French		Dunkerque, France Nicholas Tindal		1744 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.3 x 14.5 inches) Very handsome view of the walled city with its extensive fortifications and surrounding countryside. A key at bottom left lists 40 important sites. Engraved by I. Basire and embellished with a fine title cartouche incorporating a raging sea battle.

454		[Lot of 2] Veue de la Grande Fasade du Louvre, du cote d'Orient [and] Veue du Chateau du Louvre par la Cour		Paris, France Nicholas de Fer		1705 A		$130.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12.8 x 9.5 inches) Pair of attractive views of the Louvre, the royal palace until Louis XIV moved the court to Versailles in 1682. First show the celebrated Colonnade designed by Le Vau and Claude Perrault. The second depicts the Cour Carree, the great square court constructed by Le Vau.

455		Cinquieme Plan de la Ville de Paris		Paris, France de Fer, Nicolas		1705 B+		$700.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 21 x 17.3 inches) This is the fifth map in a series of ten that illustrates the growth of the city of Paris. This map shows its growth under Charles V and Charles VI between 1367 and 1383. During this period major improvements in the defensive system of Paris were undertaken including the third wall on the north side of the city. There was considerable growth on the north side within this new wall and on the sou...

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