France

  • Francois de Belleforest:  Le Pourtraict de la ville Dieppe

    Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575

    A rare and early woodcut view of Dieppe in the Normandy (Normandie). Ruled in brown ink. Decorated with many ships and the rising sun in the background. Extremely fine cut for a woodcut view. An...

    Le Pourtraict de la ville Dieppe
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11647

    Antique woodcut town view of Dieppe, Normandie. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

    390,00 €
  • 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...

    Le Pourtraict ou plan de la ville Havre de Grace
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11648

    Antique woodcut town view of Le Havre, Normandie. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

    100,00 €
  • 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...

    Le vray Pourtraict de la Ville de Caen
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11649

    Antique woodcut town view of Caen, Normandie. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

    290,00 €
  • 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....

    De la Ville de Poytiers
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11650

    Antique woodcut town view of Poitiers, Poitou. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

    250,00 €
  • 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....

    Le vray plan ou Pourtraict de la Ville d'Engoulesme
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11651

    Antique woodcut town view of Angouleme, Poitou. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

    270,00 €
  • 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...

    Description du pays d'Auvergne
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11653

    Antique woodcut map of the Auvergne. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

    650,00 €
  • 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...

    Le vray Pourtraict de la Ville de Grenoble
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11663

    Antique woodcut town view of Grenoble, Rhone-Alpes. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

    390,00 €
  • 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...

    La Ville de Romas en Dauphine / Le vray Pourtraict de la Ville et Cite...
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11664

    Antique woodcut town view of Romans-sur-Isere, Dauphine. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

    320,00 €
  • 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...

    La Cite de Valence en Dauphine / Le vray Pourtraict de la Ville et Cite...
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11665

    Antique woodcut town view of Valence, Drome, Dauphine. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

    420,00 €
  • 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...

    Pourtraict de la ville d'Ambrun / La ville d'Ambrun en Dauphiné
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11666

    Antique woodcut town view of Embrun, Dauphine. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

    270,00 €
  • 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...

    Le Pourtraict de la Ville de Marseille
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11667

    Antique woodcut town view of Marseille, Provence. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

    1 200,00 €
  • 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...

    Pourtraict de la Ville de Montpellier
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11671

    Antique woodcut town view of Montpellier, Languedoc. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

    240,00 €
  • 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...

    La vray Pourtraict de la Ville de Nismes / Nismes come elle est à present
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11674

    Antique woodcut town view of Nimes, Languedoc. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

    320,00 €
  • 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....

    Pourtraict de la Ville de Moissac
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11675

    Antique woodcut town view of Moissac, Midi-Pyrenees, Languedoc. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

    250,00 €
  • 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....

    Le vray Pourtraict de la Ville d'Auch / La Ville d'Auch en Armignag
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11676

    Antique woodcut town view of Auch, Midi-Pyrenees, Languedoc. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

    250,00 €
  • 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.

    Marseille
    1575 - Braun & Hogenberg
    12842

    Old coloured town view of Marseille. Printed in Cologne by Gottfried von Kempen in 1575.

    690,00 €
  • 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...

    Beyde Stätt Genff, gross und klein, mit einer Brucken zusammen gehenckt.
    1578 - Sebastian Münster
    12926

    Antique woodcut town view of Geneva (Geneve). Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1578.

    320,00 €
  • 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...

    Der alten und herzlichen Statt Putiers contrafactur
    1578 - Sebastian Münster
    12928

    Antique woodcut town view of Poitiers, Vienne. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1578.

    120,00 €
  • 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...

    Mons. - Montes, Hannoniae Metropolis. / Arras. - Atrebatum, Episcopalis...
    1580 - Braun & Hogenberg
    10149

    Old coloured town view of Bergen, Belgium, Arras. Printed in Cologne circa 1580.

    350,00 €
  • Sebastian Münster:  Weissenburg mit umbligender Landtschaffe auff das allerfleissigest nach aller Gelegenheit...

    Petri, Basle, 1580

    Original old coloured woodcut view of Wissembourg in Alsace by Sebastian Münster. From a German edition of the "Cosmographey". Showing the city from birdeye perspective with many surrounding...

    Weissenburg mit umbligender Landtschaffe auff das allerfleissigest nach...
    1580 - Sebastian Münster
    10484

    Antique woodcut town view of Wissembourg, Alsace. Printed in Basle by Petri in 1580.

    90,00 €
  • 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...

    Galliae amplissimi regni tabula
    1593 - Gerard de Jode
    12407

    Antique map of France. Printed in Antwerp by G. de Jode in 1593.

    1 200,00 €
  • 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....

    Germaniae Totius, Nostrae Europae Celeberrimae Regionis, Descriptio...
    1593 - Gerard de Jode
    12661

    Antique map of Germany. Printed in Antwerp by Gerard de Jode in 1593.

    1 500,00 €
  • 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...

    Basiliensis Territorii Descriptio Nova, Auctore Sebastiano Munstero /...
    1595 - Abraham Ortelius
    12945

    Coloured map of the Lake Constance, Switzerland, Southern Germany. Printed in Antwerp by Plantin Press in 1595.

    480,00 €
  • 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...

    Palatinatus Bavariae Descriptio / Argentoratensis Agri Descriptio
    1609 - Abraham Ortelius
    11849

    Antique map of Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg. Printed in Antwerp by A. Ortelius in 1609.

    350,00 €
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