Maps

Latest Maps/France/Paris&North

Attractive birdseye view of Paris, showing numerous houses, buildings and other landmarks within the walls of the city and a moat surrounding the city, with farms, windmills etc in the countryside. One of the earliest attainable views of Paris.Shows Paris in 1530. From the 1550 of Munster's "Cosmographiae Universalis". An exceptionally good example.

Probably the first plan of Calais,woodblock printset in a page of text.Legend below and decorated with ships ion the sea.Good condition.

Very attractive plan/view of Paris from Munsters Cosmographia.Interesting decorative border with caracatides.Excellent later hand colour.Very good condition.

Pretty miniature map from the Epitome.Shows Paris and the east including Rheims and Chalons.Uncoloured as issued.V.good condition.

Attractive small early map by Ortelius from the Epitome(the first small atlas)Engraved by Galle.P..Naive in style.Very good condition.

Charming miniature map from The Epitome.Covers area Chalons,Avalon & Dijon.Uncoloured as issued.Strong impression.V.good condition.

Bertius map from the rare Cosmographiae by MERULA PAULUS, 1558-1607, P. Merulae CosmographiaeAmsterdami:Set in a page of Latin text.Shows the area Paris,Reims & Chalons.Cartouche.Very good condition.

Decorative little map of Paris and its environs(mainly to west,north & east)Shows hills,forests etc.Two small repaired pinsize holes old repair otherwise strong impression and condition.

Charming small map by Bertius after Ortelius.Good impression & condition.

Charming small map by Bertius after Ortelius.Good impression & condition.

Published in the rare Cloppenburgh edition of Gerhard Mercator's "Atlas Minor", verso latin text.Engraved by Van den Keere.Cartouche.A good dark impression, full margins as published. Koeman, ME 198

Beautifully engraved small folio map of Rheims.Very strong impression,probably the best example of this map.Mint condition.

Attractive Cloppenberg version of the Mercator/Hondius map(much larger).Covers are from Pontoise to Crecy.Decorative cartouche.Uncoloured as issued.Very good condition.

Attractive detailed map of Paris and south east as far as Meaux and Nogent.Cartouche.Rare V.good condition.

Beautiful Blaeu map of Paris and the surrounding region.This map of the environs of Paris was based a manuscript map attributed to François de la Guillotière. The map was in the possession of Pierre Pithou, hence the names in the title. The map itself was first printed by Ortelius in 1598. Blaeu issued the map with stylistic changes that make it clearly a Blaeu map.Uncoloured as issued.Strong impression.V.good condition.

Attractive folio map of the region centered on Tours but covering the area from La Rochelle(+Isle de Re) to Orleans and Nevers.Cartouche with Heraldic shields.Uncoloured as issued.Slight age toning otherwise good condition.

Very decorative and detailed map of Picardy.Two attractive cartouches.Heraldic shield.Uncoloured as issued.V.good condition.

V.attractive map of Picardy.Amiens,Abbeville,St Quentin etc.Cartouches.Original colour.Good condition.

RARE..The famous Merian panorama of 17th century Paris.Paris, an important contemporary visual record by one of the great engravers of his time. The city is viewed from a vantage point in the present day Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, looking towards the south west, over the Hospitale de S.Louis, to the vast but now long-vanished fortifications of Étienne Marcel, across the city, Notre Dame just left of center, the Louvre and the Tuileries gardens to the right, continuing across the Seine to the left-bank and the open countryside beyond. The foreground includes a back-view self-portrait of the artist seated on a boulder sketching. This fine view is from Merian's `Topographia Franconiae' published in Frankfurt between 1648 and 1656 with text by Martin Zeiler. The condition is overall very good,a good strong impression,there are 2 repairs(invisible) and folds as issued.This is an important and rare panorama.

Good 17th century map of Isle De France centered on Paris but covering area from Evreux to Beauvais to Rheims.Cartouche.Original outline colour.V.good condition.