Artois. Atrebatum Regionis Vera Descripto.
Prepared by Jacob Surhon, who made a manuscript map of Artois for which he received 36 Livres from Charles V in 1554. For security reasons, the map was not published. Onl...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Quartier de Tivoli Nouveaux pereements de Rues.
Plan of the center of Paris showing Tivoli district with Madalene and Clichy. Lithography and pen and ink. Drawn in are the planned workshop of Serrurerie Théophile Mign...
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1835
(Rheims)
Finely engraved plan of Rheims.
Place & Date: ca. 1750
Topographie historique du vieux Paris / Plan de restitution Feuille V.
Copper engraved plan centered on Louvre by Jean-Joseph Sulpis (1826–1911) after a model by Adolphe Berty. Plate 5 from "Topographie historique du vieux Paris"...
Place & Date: Paris, 1866-1897
Topographie historique du vieux Paris / Plan de restitution Feuille V bis.
Copper engraved plan centered on gardens of the Louvre by Jean-Joseph Sulpis (1826–1911) after a model by Adolphe Berty. Plate 5bis from "Topographie historique du...
Place & Date: Paris, 1866-1897
![[John Smith caught by the French].](/uploads/cache/41114-250x250.jpg)
[John Smith caught by the French].
In 1615, during one of John Smith’s voyages across the Atlantic, he was caught by some French pirates. While at sea in captivity he was forced to suffer great hardships...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Isola del Re Nel Mare di Guascogna . . .
A beautiful map showing Ile de Ré in Bretagne, located in the Bay of Biscay off the coast of France, from Vincenzo Coronelli's Corso Geografico Universale.Italian text o...
Place & Date: Venice, 1690
Isola d'Oleron, nella piaggie occidentali della Francia.
A beautiful and rare map showing île d'Oleron.The remarkable Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718), encyclopaedist, geographer, inventor and Doctor of Theology, was citizen of ...
Place & Date: Venice, 1690
Nouvelle Carte des Differents Etats de la Monarchie Françoise Sous Iule Cesar, Sous les Rois de la Premiere, de la Seconde . . .
Four maps of France surrounded by historical and genealogical information to the history, chronology, ancient and modern genealogy of the french monarchy.Henri Abraham Ch...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte genealogique des comtes de Dreux, des Seigneursde Beaussart . . .
Genealogical chart of the earls of Dreux, from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique". Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 – 1743) was a Huguenot pastor...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Francia divisa in provincie.
Rare map of France, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in Rome, ca. 1780.The map is ba...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Rome, 1780
La Francia divisa in dipartimenti.
Rare map of South western France and inset with map of Corsica, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Gio...
- $40 / ≈ €37
Place & Date: Rome, 1780
France nouvellement descripte.
Rare map of France, published by Jollain in 1667. Published in "Trésor Des Cartes Geographiques Des Principaux Estats de Lunivers".This atlas is based upon Boi...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, 1667
Gouvernement General de l'Ile de France. . .
Fine map of Isle de France, centered on ParisThis edition carries the date 1651. Engraved by Jean Sommer.Nicolas Sanson was to bring about the rise of French cartography,...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, 1651
Champaigne et Brie etc.
A good engraved map of Champagne-Ardenne area, embellished with decorative title cartouche and scale cartouche with putti and surveying instruments. Paris, Metz, Reims, a...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1660
Bresse.
Early map of Eastern France with Lyon to the lower left corner and part of Switzerland. Geneva in upper right corner. Engraved by Hondius. From a French composite atlas.R...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1631
![[Les anciennes provinces Françaises à la ville de Saint Denis].](/uploads/cache/41681-250x250.jpg)
[Les anciennes provinces Françaises à la ville de Saint Denis].
Nine small chromolithography's trade cards for Ville de Saint Denis, each with French regions and places, with description in French on each verso.Cards of the regions : ...
Place & Date: Paris, circa 1900
![[Les anciennes provinces Françaises à la ville de Saint Denis].](/uploads/cache/41683-250x250.jpg)
[Les anciennes provinces Françaises à la ville de Saint Denis].
Nine small chromolithography trade cards for Ville de Saint-Denis, each with French regions and places, with description in French on each verso.Cards of the regions: Lor...
Place & Date: Paris, circa 1900
![[Les anciennes provinces Françaises à la ville de Saint Denis].](/uploads/cache/41684-250x250.jpg)
[Les anciennes provinces Françaises à la ville de Saint Denis].
Nine small chromolithography's trade cards for Ville de Saint Denis, each with French regions and places, with description in French on each verso.Cards of the regions : ...
Place & Date: Paris, circa 1900
Veüe de Nice.
Engraved birds eye view of Nice. Shows rivers, canals, bridges, landmarks, farms and buildings. Relief shown pictorially.
Place & Date: Paris, 1692
Projet de la forteresse de Nice.
Nice city plan of Nice at the Mediterranean sea. From the " Les forces de l'Europe, ou description des principales villes, avec leurs fortifications".
Place & Date: Leiden, 1729
Veue de Nice.
Engraved birds eye view of Nice. Shows rivers, canals, bridges, landmarks, farms and buildings. Relief shown pictorially.
Place & Date: Paris, 1692
Massilia - Marseille.
Detailed bird's-eye view of the town of Marseille. From Merian's Theatrum Europaeum. To the bottom a lettered key to the principal places in town.
Place & Date: Frankfurt 1650
Die statt Montpellier . . .
Panoramic view of Montpellier by Sebastian Münster. Below the engraving a letterpress key. From the German edition of Sebastian Munster's Cosmography, "Cosmographey...
Place & Date: Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1574
Valencena . . .
Eye-bird view of Valenciennes.
Place & Date: Anvers, 1590
Le vray portraict de la Ville de Marseille.
Fine wood cut bird's-eye view of Marseille. Decorated with several ship in the harbour and on the sea. To the left two keys describing the main buildings and places. Publ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1575
Lutetia Parisiorum urbs, toto orbe celeberrima notissimaque, caput regni Franciae.
Early bird's eye view of Paris, called at the time Lutetia. From a French text edition of S. Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of Renaissance...
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1580
Le Parterre du Palais Royal.
View of the Palais Royal published by I. Mariette. Etched by Gabriel Pérelle (1603-1677) and included in "Veues des plus beaux bastimens de France". Plates for...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, 1700 - 1707
Die Statt Paris etlicher mass figuriert und contrafehtet nach jetziger Gelegenheit.
Published in the "Universal Cosmography" of S. Münster. Text in German. Under the legendary plan in German A to G. It is framed by a border composed of foliage...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Bâle, H. Petri, 1578
Lutece ou Premier Plan de la Ville de Paris Tiré de Cesar . . .
Paris est nommée Lutetia par les Romains, et se limite à l’île de la Cité avec ses maisons de forme ronde, bâties de bois et de terre, et couvertes de roseaux ou d...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, 1728
![Lutece conquise par les François sur les Romains ou second plan de la ville de Paris [...] par M.L.C.D.L.M.](/uploads/cache/42141-250x250.jpg)
Lutece conquise par les François sur les Romains ou second plan de la ville de Paris [...] par M.L.C.D.L.M.
Engraved plan of Paris, published in "Traité de la police de Nicolas de Lamare". Oriented to the North with a compass rose and equipped with a double scale (40...
Place & Date: Paris, 1729
Quatrième plan de la ville de Paris . . .
Engraved plan of Paris, oriented to the North with a compass rose (upper part) and equipped with a double scale (400 geometrical steps and 1000 not common) with a brief c...
Place & Date: Paris, 1729
Plan de Paris commencé l'année 1734, Dessiné et gravé sous les ordres de Messire Michel Etienne Turgot, prévost des marchands.
FIRST EDITION of Turgot's Monumental Joined View of Paris, stretching to over 10 Feet.This expansive engraved view of Paris covers the first eleven arrondissements of mod...
Place & Date: Paris, 1739
La Ville de la Rochelle, Capitale du pays d'Aunis. . .
A very decorative town view of La Rochelle.
- $350 / ≈ €328
Place & Date: Paris, 1700
Vue de Monaco du côté du midi . . .
Extremely rare lithographed view of Monaco, lithographed by Jean Baptiste François Bosio, born June 17, 1764 in Monaco, and died July 6, 1827 in Paris, he was a French p...
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: Paris, 1841
Le plan Trochu.
Lithography showing a map of France with a caricature of General Trochu and other scenes imposed on it. Designed by the French caricaturist Evrard, Emile , with his initi...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Paris, 1871
L'Isle de Ré.
Fine map of the French island called Île de Ré. George Louis Le Rouge was active from 1740- till 1780 as a publisher, and was appointed engineer for the King of France....
- $175 / ≈ €164
Place & Date: Paris, 1756
Theodorus Primus Corsicae Rex.
Portrait of Everard Jabach, three-quarter length, standing by the fragment of a column, facing left, wearing a cloak and doublet with plain collar, his left arm held behi...
- $40 / ≈ €37
Place & Date: Paris, 1652 - 1800
Carte Geographique du Royaume de France, avec des remarques curieuses sur l'ancienne, et la nouvelle geographie.
Map of France with a key table to the towns on both sides.Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) was the father of Henri Abraham (1684-1743) and Zacharie Junior (1690-1754).They wor...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
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Dépt. du Morbihan. N°. 55. [ Morbihan, Belle-Ile ]
Map of the Morbihan region in Brittany. Including "Belle-Ile".Lovely map from one of the last decorative atlases of the nineteenth century.The rather simple map...
Place & Date: Paris, A. Combette, 1852
A Map of the Rout which Hannibal took through Gaul & over the Alpes into Italy.
A map showing the (clear) route the North African, Carthaginian General Hannibal took to get from Spain to northern Italy, via France and the Alps. Ancient, Latin names a...
- $40 / ≈ €37
Place & Date: London, 1747
Gasconia.
A lovely miniature map of Gascony, in the S.W. region of France, published by Petrus Bertius, in Amsterdam at the beginning of the seventeenth century. There is a small s...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
![Descriptio Gadium [France].](/uploads/cache/43237-250x250.jpg)
Descriptio Gadium [France].
An attractive miniature map of France, published by Petrus Bertius, in Amsterdam at the beginning of the seventeenth century. Title in bold capital letters above map, sti...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Caletensium et Bononiesium def.
An decorative miniature map of the N.W. France, including Calais and Boulogne. A map full of detail and attractive embelishments. North is orientated to the left. From th...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Savoie.
A decorative miniature map of Savoy - a cultural region in Central Europe that comprises roughly the territory of the Western Alps between Lake Geneva in the north and Da...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Provinciae.
A decorative miniature map of Provence - a geographical region and historical province of south-eastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône River...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Veromanduorum.
A decorative miniature map of Aisne (Vermandois), a French department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne. The map is cent...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Artesia.
A decorative miniature map of Artois, a historical northern French province that borders Belgium. A map full of detail and is expertly engraved. With the cities of Boulo...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Picardia.
A decorative miniature map of Picardy, a historical northern French region. A map that appears to be sparsely populated is still full of detail with great attention to de...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Comitatus Burgundiae.
A decorative small map of region around Dijon, Halons and Dole in Burgundy. Features a nice strap-work title, shows rivers and settlements. From the Bertius atlas Tabular...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Biturigum.
A charming small map of central France. Showing the areas around the rivers Loire, Auron, Allier and Yevre. Nevers and Bourges depicted. From the Bertius atlas Tabularum ...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Pictaviae.
A charming small map of Poitou in west central France. Showing Cognac, Limoges, Perigord, Poitiers and Angouleme. From the Bertius atlas Tabularum geographicarum contract...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Galliae.
A charming small map of ancient Gaul, France under Roman occupation. Featuring most major cities, rivers, mountains and regions are named. From the Bertius atlas Tabularu...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Burgundiae Ducatus.
A decorative small map of region around Dijon, Chalons and Dole in Burgundy. Shows many rivers including the Seine, Saone and Brune. It features a nice strap-work title, ...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Leodiensis Dioecesis.
A decorative map of the ancient Diocese of liege in Belgium, highlighting cities such as Huy, Liege, Tongeren (old capital), Namur and Maastricht. North is orientated to ...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Aniou.
Anjou is a historical province of France, straddling the lower Loire River. Its capital was Angers. It bordered Brittany to the west, Maine to the north, Touraine to the ...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Lotharingia.
Lothringaria (Lorraine) is a historical province of N.E. France, it features the cities of Sarrebourg, Metz, Toul and Nancy. With excellent physical and topographical det...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Limania.
A pleasant miniature map of the Limousin region of central France, the area surrounding Clermont Ferrand. Good map detail. From the Bertius atlas Tabularum geographicarum...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
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Venuxinus Comitatus. [Vaucluse]
A pleasant miniature map of the Vaucluse region of S.E. France, as published by Petrus Bertius in Amsterdam at the beginning of the seventeenth century. Many mountains as...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Carte du royaume de France divisé en 87 départemens / dressée par Brion de la Tour..., où sont tracées les nouvelles limites fixées par le traité de paix du 30 mai 1814. . .
Very decorative and uncommon map of France, with Corsica prepared by Brion de la Tour showing the new border set by the Peace Treaty of May 30, 1814. Engraved by Chaumier...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1814
Femme de Barèges (106, La Gascogne).
Plate published in "Les costumes régionaux de France" with illustrations by Gratiane de Gardilanne (painter and designer) and Elisabeth Whitney Moffat.Costume ...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, Editions du Pégase, 1929
Laitière Bordelaise, d'après de Gallard (110, La Guyenne).
Plate published in "Les costumes régionaux de France" with illustrations by Gratiane de Gardilanne (painter and designer) and Elisabeth Whitney Moffat.Costume ...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, Editions du Pégase, 1929
Ludovicus. XV rex chrisitan franciae et navarrae nat d:15. febr. 1710.
Portrait of Ludovicus XV, set in a decorative border.In lower part "Jo. Es. Nilson, inv et excutiv Aug V. et à Paris chez Rosselin Rue St. Jaques a l'Autel Saumur&q...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Augsburg, Paris, 1710
Blois ville capitale du Blaisois, Eveshé et Chambre des Comptes.
Bird-eyes view of Blois, published in Paris by Chereau who was active at rue St Jacques à S Remy.
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1710
Philippus I. D. G. Hispaniarum Rex. Archid. Austriae Dux Burgund. Bra. Com. Fland. Etc. / Alfonsus V. D. G. Portugaliae Algarbiae etc. Rex. Duo- Decimus.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Philippus I of France and Alfonsus V on the verso.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher ...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Le Roi Henri II blassé a mort representanté dans son lit.
Print showing King Henry II in his death bed. In June 1559 a tournament lasting several days was held in Paris to celebrate a peace treaty between France and Spain. King ...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, 1729-1733
ÉGLISE SAINT OUEN, A ROUEN. Dessiné d'après nature par Chapuy. Lith. par Deroy.
Original lithograph of Saint Ouen cathedral, situated in Rouen. Lithographed by Deroy after a design by Chapuy and printed in Paris by Lemercier, Bernard Cie.
- $125 / ≈ €117
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
FACADE DE LA CATHÉDRALE A CHARTRES. Dessiné d'après nature par Chapuy. Lith. par Deroy.
Original lithograph of Chartres Cathedral's facade. Lithographed by Deroy after a design by Chapuy and printed in Paris by Lemercier, Bernard Cie.
- $125 / ≈ €117
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
INTERIEUR DE L'EGLISE SAINT OUEN A ROUEN. Dessiné d'après nature par Chapuy. Lith. Par Arnout. Fig par Bayot.
Original lithograph of the inside of Saint Ouen chruch, situated in Rouen. Lithographed by Arnout and Adolphe-Jean-Baptist Bayot (Alessandria 1810 - 1866) after a design ...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
ÉGLISE St. VINCENT A ROUEN. Dessiné d'après nature par Chapuy. Lith. par Monthelier. Fig. par Bayot.
Original lithograph of St Vincent cathedral, situated in Rouen. Lithographed by Jules Monthelier (1801-1883) and Adolphe-Jean-Baptist Bayot (Alessandria 1810 - 1866) afte...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
TOMBEAU DU DUC DE BREZE, DANS LA CATHEDRALE DE ROUEN. Dessiné d'après nature par Chapuy. Lith. par Monthelier. Fig. par Bayot.
Original lithography of the tomb of the duke of Brézé, in the cathedral of Rouen. Lithographed by Jules Monthelier (1801-1883) and Adolphe-Jean-Baptist Bayot (Alessandr...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
INTERIEUR DE LA CATHEDRALE A CHARTRES. Dessiné d'après nature par Chapuy. Lith. Par Bachelier.
Original lithograph of the inside of the cathedral situated in Chartres. Lithographed by Bachelier after a design by Chapuy and printed in Paris by Lemercier, Bernard Cie...
- $35 / ≈ €33
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
PALAIS DE JUSTICE A ROUEN. Dessiné d'après nature par Chapuy. Lith. par Rouargue.
Original lithograph of the courthouse of justice in Rouen. Lithographed by Rouargue after a design by Chapuy and printed in Paris by Lemercier, Bernard Cie.
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
ARC DE TRIOMPHE A ORANGE. Dessiné d'après nature par Guesdon. Lith. par Ad. Cuvellier. Fig. par Bayot.
Original lithograph of the Triumph Arc of Orange. Lithographed by A. Cuvillier and Adolphe-Jean-Baptist Bayot (Alessandria 1810 - 1866) after a design by Chapuy and print...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
PORTAIL SEPTENTRIONAL DE LA CATHÉDRALE A CHARTRES. Dessiné d'après nature par Monthelier. Lith. par Monthelier.fig. par Bayot.
Original lithograph of the northern portal of Chartres cathedral. Lithographed by Jules Monthelier (1801-1883) and Adolphe-Jean-Baptist Bayot (Alessandria 1810 - 1866) af...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
COMMERCY, Vue prise de la Garenne - Chemins de fer de l'Est. Dessiné d'après nat. et Lith. par A.Maugendre.
Original lithograph eye-bird view of Commercy, as seen from La Garenne. Lithographed by Jules Monthelier (1801-1883) and Adolphe-Jean-Baptist Bayot (Alessandria 1810 - 18...
- $125 / ≈ €117
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
Plan général de Reims et de ses Environs Dédié au Roi.
Rare wall map of a plan of Reims engraved by Jean Lattré. Central cartouche included in the lower border, composed of the coat of arms of France and Navarre, surmounted ...
- $2500 / ≈ €2339
Place & Date: Paris, Lattré, 1769
Circscrizione delle province ecclesiastiche e diocesi in Francia (Tav LIII)
This large-format France and Corsica map is finely engraved and beautifully colored and was prepared by Girolamo Petri, a lawyer who served as a senior official within th...
- $600 / ≈ €561
Place & Date: Rome, 1858
Province ecclesiastiche di Parigi, Rouen, Rheims, E Cambray in Francia (Tav LIV)
This large-format Paris, Rouen, Reims and Cambray map is finely engraved and beautifully colored and was prepared by Girolamo Petri, a lawyer who served as a senior offic...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Rome, 1858
Province ecclesiastiche di Lione e Sens in Francia (Tav LV)
This large-format Lion and Sens map is finely engraved and beautifully colored and was prepared by Girolamo Petri, a lawyer who served as a senior official within the Vat...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Rome, 1858