Subject: Eastern France
Period: 1700 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20.8 x 16.4 inches
52.8 x 41.7 cm
An attractive map of the Franche-Comté region in France centered on Besançon with north oriented to the bottom left corner of the map. Finely engraved with minute detail and embellished with a bold title cartouche flanked by soldiers, a distance scale cartouche, and the coat of arms of Franche-Comté. Blank verso.
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Condition: B+
A nice impression with full contemporary color on a bright sheet with light toning along the centerfold and a pair of stains in the image at top right.