DESCRIPTION GENERALE DE TOUTE LA FRANCE
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Scarce woodblock map of France by Belleforest taken from Ortelius' recently published map of France.
Decorative and heraldic device. Stippled sea
Very good woodblock engraving giving the map a naive earlier feel than a copper engraving.
Many place names
Excellent hand colour
Very good condition
References: Pastoureau - Belleforest I-1 [8]
Publication : La Cosmographie Universelle de tout le Monde. Paris, Nicolas Chesneau - Michel Sonnius, 1575
code : M4709
Cartographer : BELLEFOREST François de Belleforest
Date : 1575 Paris
Size : 34*51 cms
availability : Sold
Price : Sold
François de Belleforest was a French writer, translator and poet during the Renaissance. In 1568 he became historian of King Henry III, but had to give up soon because of inaccuracies. He worked as a writer and translator and transferred the Cosmography of Sebastian Munster into French. La Cosmographie universelle de tout le monde was published 1575 in Paris and was created in collaboration with the two Parisian publishers Nicolas Chesneau and Michel Sonnius. He has not used Sebastian Munster as sole source, several maps and views are based on Ortelius and Braun / Hogenberg, but also own work and unknown sources are found in the important work.
