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"Ducatus Turonensis Perlustratus et Descriptus ab Isaaco Franco, Aedili Regio, et in ea Provincia Viarum Magistro. Touraine", Blaeu, (Family)

Subject: Central France

Period: 1641 (circa)

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Color: Hand Color

Size:

19.7 x 15 inches
50 x 38.1 cm

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This is a lovely map of the Touraine region with Tours and the Loire River at center. Two decorative cartouches feature allegorical renderings of Mother Earth and her bounty. The coat of arms of Tours appears at upper left. German text on verso, published between 1641-70.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #4380:2.

Condition: B+

A dark impression with full contemporary color on a faintly toned, watermarked sheet. There are several spots of foxing confined to the blank margins, and the bottom margin and bottom right corner of the map have been replaced with old paper, with the border at bottom right replaced in facsimile.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $90

Closed on 9/10/2025

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"Ducatus Turonensis Perlustratus et Descriptus ab Isaaco Franco, Aedili Regio, et in ea Provincia Viarum Magistro. Touraine", Blaeu, (Family)

Subject: Central France

Period: 1641 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:

19.7 x 15 inches
50 x 38.1 cm

This is a lovely map of the Touraine region with Tours and the Loire River at center. Two decorative cartouches feature allegorical renderings of Mother Earth and her bounty. The coat of arms of Tours appears at upper left. German text on verso, published between 1641-70.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #4380:2.

Condition: B+

A dark impression with full contemporary color on a faintly toned, watermarked sheet. There are several spots of foxing confined to the blank margins, and the bottom margin and bottom right corner of the map have been replaced with old paper, with the border at bottom right replaced in facsimile.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $90

Closed on 9/10/2025

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"Ducatus Turonensis Perlustratus et Descriptus ab Isaaco Franco, Aedili Regio, et in ea Provincia Viarum Magistro. Touraine", Blaeu, (Family)

Subject: Central France

Period: 1641 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:

19.7 x 15 inches50 x 38.1 cm

This is a lovely map of the Touraine region with Tours and the Loire River at center. Two decorative cartouches feature allegorical renderings of Mother Earth and her bounty. The coat of arms of Tours appears at upper left. German text on verso, published between 1641-70.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #4380:2.

Condition: B+

A dark impression with full contemporary color on a faintly toned, watermarked sheet. There are several spots of foxing confined to the blank margins, and the bottom margin and bottom right corner of the map have been replaced with old paper, with the border at bottom right replaced in facsimile.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $90

Closed on 9/10/2025

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19.7 x 15 inches
50 x 38.1 cm