Subject: Southern France, Provence
Period: 1680 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.6 x 14.9 inches
49.8 x 37.8 cm
This striking map of Provence in southern France is fully engraved with hundreds of place names and adorned with three decorative cartouches, including one enclosing the title that features an animal's face, crown, and fleur-de-lis. The map is dense with graphic depictions of mountains, forests, and towns and cities. The Rhone and Durance Rivers are meticulously mapped, and the marshy Camargue to the west of Marseilles is well-illustrated. In the Mediterranean, there is a sailing ship and a compass rose capped with a fleur-de-lis. This example has a blank verso and is not specifically listed in Van der Krogt.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #4700:1B.2.
Condition: B
A crisp impression with full contemporary color and some old manuscript additions. There is scattered foxing and a 2.5" centerfold separation at bottom that has been closed on verso with old paper with some staining from the adhesive visible on recto.