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 ports throughout France and each plan is most ornate with a frame, illustrations of guns and cannon, and heraldry. Unusually, in the manner of a Blaeu title page, the plan and heraldic circles have been pasted on the prepared background.
This attractive plan of the fortified town of Landau, Alsace, is one of these truly scarce maps. The map measures 3.5″ by 6″, has full wash hand colouring, and is in very good condition.
Lemau de la Jaisse Map of Landau, France 1736
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