"Agri Parisiensis Tabula Particularis, qua Maxima Pars Insulae Franciae...", Homann, Johann Baptist
Subject: Northern France, Paris
Period: 1720 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18.9 x 22.6 inches
48 x 57.4 cm
A detailed map that is roughly centered on Paris and extends outward to the cities of Ablis, Messe, Herissy, Senlies, and Mante. The fortifications around Paris are depicted, and the surrounding countryside is filled with farmland, forests, and small villages. A banner-style title cartouche is held aloft by putti.
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Condition: B+
Full contemporary color with a printer's crease and an archivally repaired edge tear at left that just touches the border.