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Francois de Belleforest: Le Pourtraict ou plan de la ville Havre de Grace
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A rare and early woodcut view of Le Havre in the Normandy (Normandie). Ruled in brown ink. This woodcut was published in La Cosmographie Universelle de tout le monde , printed 1575 in two...
Antique woodcut town view of Le Havre, Normandie. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Francois de Belleforest: Le vray Pourtraict de la Ville de Caen
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A rare and early woodcut view of Caen in the Normandy (Normandie). Ruled in brown ink. Extremely fine cut for a woodcut view. An extensive key to the left and right describing the main buildings...
Antique woodcut town view of Caen, Normandie. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Francois de Belleforest: De la Ville de Poytiers
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A rare and early woodcut view of Poitiers, Poitou. Ruled in brown ink. Decorated with two coat-of-arms of the city. An extensive key to the bottom describing the main buildings and places....
Antique woodcut town view of Poitiers, Poitou. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Francois de Belleforest: Le vray plan ou Pourtraict de la Ville d'Engoulesme
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A rare and early woodcut view of Angoulême, Poitou. Ruled in brown ink. Decorated with two coat-of-arms of the city. An extensive key to the bottom describing the main buildings and places....
Antique woodcut town view of Angouleme, Poitou. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Francois de Belleforest: Description du pays d'Auvergne
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A rare and beautiful circular woodcut map of the Auvergne in central France. With west on top, it shows the river system of the Allier with Clermont-Ferrand in the background. The woodcut is based...
Antique woodcut map of the Auvergne. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Francois de Belleforest: Le vray Pourtraict de la Ville de Grenoble
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A rare and early woodcut view of Grenoble in the Rhône-Alpes region. Ruled in brown ink. Extremely fine cut for a woodcut view. An extensive key to the top right describing the main buildings and...
Antique woodcut town view of Grenoble, Rhone-Alpes. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Francois de Belleforest: La Ville de Romas en Dauphine / Le vray Pourtraict de la Ville et Cite de Romans
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A rare and early woodcut view of Romans-sur-Isère in the Dauphiné region. Ruled in brown ink. Decorated with a title cartouche, two coat-of-arms of the city and many ships on the Isère. Extremely...
Antique woodcut town view of Romans-sur-Isere, Dauphine. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Francois de Belleforest: La Cite de Valence en Dauphine / Le vray Pourtraict de la Ville et Cite de Valence
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A rare and early woodcut view of Valence in the Dauphiné region in the department Drôme. Ruled in brown ink. Decorated with a title cartouche, two coat-of-arms of the city and many ships on the...
Antique woodcut town view of Valence, Drome, Dauphine. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Francois de Belleforest: Pourtraict de la ville d'Ambrun / La ville d'Ambrun en Dauphiné
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A rare and early woodcut view of Embrun in the Dauphiné region in the department Hautes-Alpes. Ruled in brown ink. Framed by a beautiful renaissance woodcut border. A key to the bottom describing...
Antique woodcut town view of Embrun, Dauphine. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Francois de Belleforest: Le Pourtraict de la Ville de Marseille
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A rare and early woodcut view of Marseille in the Provence. Decorated with several ship in the harbour and on the sea. To the left two keys describing the main buildings and places. Ruled in brown...
Antique woodcut town view of Marseille, Provence. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Francois de Belleforest: Pourtraict de la Ville de Montpellier
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A rare and early woodcut view of Montpellier in the Languedoc region. Ruled in brown ink. An extensive key to the bottom describing the main buildings and places.This woodcut was published in...
Antique woodcut town view of Montpellier, Languedoc. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Francois de Belleforest: La vray Pourtraict de la Ville de Nismes / Nismes come elle est à present
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A rare and early woodcut view of Nîmes in the Languedoc. Decorated with a coat-of-arms of the city. Extremely fine cut for a woodcut view. An extensive key to the bottom describing the main...
Antique woodcut town view of Nimes, Languedoc. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Francois de Belleforest: Pourtraict de la Ville de Moissac
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A rare and early woodcut view of Moissacin in the Languedoc, Midi-Pyrénées region. Decorated with a title cartouche. An extensive key to the bottom describing the main buildings and places....
Antique woodcut town view of Moissac, Midi-Pyrenees, Languedoc. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Francois de Belleforest: Le vray Pourtraict de la Ville d'Auch / La Ville d'Auch en Armignag
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A rare and early woodcut view of Auch in the Languedoc, Midi-Pyrénées region. Decorated with a title cartouche and two coat-of-arms. To the right a key describing the main buildings and places....
Antique woodcut town view of Auch, Midi-Pyrenees, Languedoc. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Braun & Hogenberg: Marseille
Gottfried von Kempen, Cologne, 1575
Old coloured city view of Marseille from the German edition of the town book Civitates orbis terrarum by Braun and Hogenberg, printed in 1575. Top left a key, German text on verso.
Old coloured town view of Marseille. Printed in Cologne by Gottfried von Kempen in 1575.
Sebastian Münster: Beyde Stätt Genff, gross und klein, mit einer Brucken zusammen gehenckt.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1578
Large, early woodcut view of Geneva (Genève) by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. A map of France on verso. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled...
Antique woodcut town view of Geneva (Geneve). Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1578.
Sebastian Münster: Der alten und herzlichen Statt Putiers contrafactur
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1578
Large, early woodcut view of Poitiers by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. Below a detailed key. Title and a description of the city on verso. From the German edition of Sebastian...
Antique woodcut town view of Poitiers, Vienne. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1578.
Braun & Hogenberg: Mons. - Montes, Hannoniae Metropolis. / Arras. - Atrebatum, Episcopalis et Metropolitica Artesiae...
Cologne, circa 1580
Two cityviews on one sheet: Bergen / Mons in Hainaut, Belgium and Arras, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, North of France engraved and published by Braun & Hogenberg. Beautiful original colour. German text on...
Old coloured town view of Bergen, Belgium, Arras. Printed in Cologne circa 1580.
Gerard de Jode: Galliae amplissimi regni tabula
G. de Jode, Antwerp, 1593
Rare antique map of France by Gerard de Jode. The map appeared only in the second edition of G. de Jodes Atlas Speculum orbis terrae in 1593. To the top right a decorative title cartouche, in the...
Antique map of France. Printed in Antwerp by G. de Jode in 1593.
Gerard de Jode: Germaniae Totius, Nostrae Europae Celeberrimae Regionis, Descriptio Singularis.
Gerard de Jode, Antwerp, 1593
Scarce de Jode map of the Holy Roman Empire.Rare map of Germany with the surrounding countries by Gerard de Jode. Showing the domain of the Roman-German emperors in the late 16th century....
Antique map of Germany. Printed in Antwerp by Gerard de Jode in 1593.
Abraham Ortelius: Basiliensis Territorii Descriptio Nova, Auctore Sebastiano Munstero / Circulus sive Liga Sueviae,...
Plantin Press, Antwerp, 1595
Antique map of the northern region of Switzerland and southern Germany by Abraham Ortelius. The two maps are printed from a copper plate and come from the first modern atlas, the famous Theatrum...
Coloured map of the Lake Constance, Switzerland, Southern Germany. Printed in Antwerp by Plantin Press in 1595.
Abraham Ortelius: Palatinatus Bavariae Descriptio / Argentoratensis Agri Descriptio
A. Ortelius, Antwerp, 1609-41
Antique map of Upper Palatinate and the area around Strasbourg by A. Ortelius. Two maps on one sheet. The right map shows the Upper Rhine around Strasbourg with parts of the Alsace and the Black...
Antique map of Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg. Printed in Antwerp by A. Ortelius in 1609.
Pieter van den Keere: Nova Germaniae descriptio
Johannes Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1615 [circa 1632]
Scarce Kerius map of the Holy Roman Empire with side panels.Very decorative and rare 'carte-à-figures' map of Germany with the surrounding countries by Pieter Kaerius (van den Keere). Shows...
Coloured map of Germany. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius 1615 [circa 1632].
Johannes Janssonius: Nova Germaniae Descriptio
Johannes Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1616 [1632]
Scarce Janssonius map of the Holy Roman Empire with side panels.Very decorative and rare 'carte-à-figures' map of Germany with the surrounding countries by Johannes Janssonius. First...
Coloured map of Germany. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius in 1632.