Petrus Bertius Map of Burgundy, Burgandiae Com, France 1612. This minature Bertius antique map of Burgundy, France, is from the German edition of ‘Tabularum geographicarum contractarum…’ published in 1612. This map of Burgundy is attractive with clear engraving; a number of cities are noted such as Dole, Besancon, Vennes, Vesoul, [continue reading]
Abraham Ortelius Map – Poictou, Poitou France 1590. This minature Ortelius map or Poictou, Poitou France is from the 1590 French 2nd Galle edition and shows the Poitou region of west central France. It also includes parts of Xantoigne, Berry, Normandy and Touraine. The central city is Poitiers and other cities [continue reading]
1636 Nicolas Tassin Map of Montauban Villemur-sur-Tarn Mirabel France. Titled – Gouvernemet de Montauban. Montauban is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France. A list of towns on this Tassin map as follows. Montauban, Villemur-sur-Tarn, Mirabel. This map was for sale in my online store [continue reading]
TASSIN Map BOURG sur GARONNE Gironde France 1636 This 370+ years old antique map/engraving is from Nicolas TASSIN’s, Les plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France….. A very rare map/engraving indeed. This map/engraving has fine attractive modern hand colour. Source: As above……Date Printed: 1636 [continue reading]
Lemau de la Jaisse Map of Peronne, Picardy, France 1736 Lemau de la Jaisse was a French cartographer who produced one noteworthy and rare publication, ‘Plans des Principales Places de Guerre et Villes Maritimes Frontieres du Royaume de France’ in 1736. This contained some beautiful wood engraved plans of forts [continue reading]
Lemau de la Jaisse Map of Landau, France 1736. Lemau de la Jaisse was a French cartographer who produced one noteworthy and rare publication, ‘Plans des Principales Places de Guerre et Villes Maritimes Frontieres du Royaume de France’ in 1736. This contained some beautiful wood engraved plans of forts and [continue reading]