"Le Pais de Brie", Blaeu, Willem
Subject: Northern France
Period: 1635 (published)
Publication: Toonneel des Aerdrycks, Oft Nieuwe Atlas..
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.8 x 15.3 inches
50.3 x 38.9 cm
Decorative map of the Brie region southeast of Paris bounded by the Seine and Marne Rivers. Fully engraved to show rivers, mountains, forests and cities and richly embellished with title and scale cartouches surrounded by cherubs engaged in hunting and falconry. Dutch text on verso with no page number.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #4230:2.
Condition: B+
A dark impression with faint damp stains that just enter the image at left and right. There is light printer's ink residue and centerfold separations confined to the top and bottom blank margin that have been closed on verso with archival tape.
