Catalog Archive
Auction 147, Lot 452

"Insula, Vulgo Lille, Belgice Riissel", Blaeu, Johannes

Subject: Lille, France

Period: 1649 (published)

Publication: Novum Ac Magnum Theatrum Urbium Belgicae

Color: Black & White

Size:
19.4 x 15.1 inches
49.3 x 38.4 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

This superb bird's-eye plan of the town of Lille was published in Blaeu's town book of the Netherlands. The center of the town is dominated by a large market place and several towering cathedrals, including Saint-Maurice and Saint-Etienne, one of the largest Jesuit churches in France. A numbered key within the title cartouche identifies six other locations on the plan. The city's coat of arms appears at top right, mirrored by the arms of the Dutch Republic at left. Latin text on verso.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.BLA-2c.

Condition: A

A fine impression on a clean sheet with wide margins. There is minor toning and a few damp stains along sheet edges, far from image.

Estimate: $400 - $550

Sold for: $300

Closed on 11/20/2013

Archived