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Terta Etas Mundi. Foliu CX [With view of Metz]
The Latin text page is illustrated with a depictions of Kings, Noble men and women and scientists, among Eustace (Eustachius) a Roman soldier and martyr, appears as a bea...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
[Lot of 2 leaves] Rubeaquum cum arce Isenburgo…/ Wyssenburg…
Two wood block printed early bird's-eye views of Rouffach (lies along the Alsatian wine route) and Wissembourg (Alsace). From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Co...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Orleans assiegé au mois de Janvier. 1563.
Rare copper engraved view of the siege of Orleans in January 1563, engraved by Jean Jacques Perrissin, (1536 - before 1611).Print from the suite "The Wars, Massacres...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Geneva, ca. 1570
Lutetia, vulgari nomine Paris, urbs Gallia. . .
Beautiful and early town-plan of Paris with title cartouche and figures in the foreground. The Bastille is shown at the upper center of the engraving and the Notre-Dame c...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1572
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
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
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
Valencena . . .
Eye-bird view of Valenciennes.
Place & Date: Anvers, 1590
Lutetia Furens. Das ist : Die wütende Statt PARIS.
Rarissime placard dirigé contre la Ligue et le duc de Mayenne. La gravure est signée I.S. (marque inconnue). Ce placard en latin et en allemand est une reprise de l’e...
Place & Date: France ca.. 1594
Le Roy de Navarra venant à Paris recheut le coup de cousteau au visaige par ung Pierre Chastel, lequel par quatre chevaulx fut tiré en pièces, faict le 27 de Decemb[re] l'an 1594.
Engraved news-sheet with text in German and French. Pictorial reportage on the failed assassination attempt on King Henri IV of France by Jean Châtel (here identified as...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1600
Ludovius XI. D. G. Galliae Rex Christianiss.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Louis XI of France.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Include...
- $20 / ≈ €19
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Franciscus I. D. G. Galliarum Rex Christianissimus.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Francis I of France.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Includ...
- $20 / ≈ €19
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Carolus IX. D. G. Galliarum Rex Christianissimus.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Charles IX of France.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Inclu...
- $20 / ≈ €19
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Ioannes Aurelianus, Comes Engolismae, Avus Francis. I. Gall. Reg.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of John of Orléans, Count of Angoulême and of Périgord (1399 – 1467), was a younger son of Louis I, Duke of Orléan...
- $20 / ≈ €19
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Carolus Magnus Romanorum Imperator Et Francorum Rex..
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Charles the Great.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Included...
- $20 / ≈ €19
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Carolus V D. G. Romanor Imperator Semper August.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was ruler of both the Spanish Empire from 1516 and the Holy Roman ...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Lodovicus XIII. D. G. Galliae Et Navarrae Rex Christianiss.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Louis XIII of France.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Inclu...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Maria De Medices D. G Galliae et Navarrae Reg. Uxor Henr. IIII.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Marie de' Medici, queen consort of France .Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delf...
- $15 / ≈ €14
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Franciscus I. D. G. Galliarum Rex Christianissimus.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Francis I (François Ier) (1494 – 1547) was the first King of France from the Angoulême branch of the House of Val...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Ludovius XI. D. G. Galliae Rex Christianiss.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Louis XI of France.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Include...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Henricus IIII. D. G. Galliae Et Navarrae Rex Christian.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Henry IV (1553 – 1610), also known by the epithet "Good King Henry", was King of Navarre (as Henry III) f...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
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
[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...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
[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
La ville archie-piscopale et primatiale de Vienne en Dauphiné.
View of Vienne, engraved by François de La Pointe.
- $600 / ≈ €561
Place & Date: Paris, 1648
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
Description au naturel de la ville de Lyon et païsages alentour d'icelle.
PREMIERE EDITION. Plan de Lyon à « vol d’oiseau » commandé par le consulat, destiné à la diffusion et à la notoriété de la cité, mariant ainsi image de la vil...
Place & Date: Lyon, 1659
St Tropez.
Plan of St Tropez by M.Merian. Depicts a street layout and ships in harbour etc.
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frakfurt, 1660
Course de Baque et Disposition des Quadrilles, dans l'Amphiteatre seconde journée.
An early and intriguing engraving recording one of the most celebrated and spectacular festivals held at Paris by the young Louis XIV. The multi-day tournament took place...
Place & Date: Paris, imprimerie royale, 1670
Comparse des Cinq Quadrilles dans l'Amphitheatre.
An early and intriguing engraving recording one of the most celebrated and spectacular festivals held at Paris by the young Louis XIV. The multi-day tournament took place...
Place & Date: Paris, imprimerie royale, 1670
The siege of Lagny.
Very rare etching of the siege of Lagny-sur-Marne by the Duc of Parma. Etched by Johann Azelt (1654-1692). A similar print but with the number in the upper right corner i...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Nuremberg, ca 1675
Paris, Lutetia, Parisii, Ville Capitale du Royaume de France.
View of Paris seen from the hill "Belleville based on that of Merian (1616) but updated with the new gates Saint-Denis and Saint-Martin. With a key 1-78 and A-Z. Sur...
Place & Date: Paris, after 1676
S. Laurens in Franckr. [France].
A very nice view of the town of Saint Laurens in Alsace, with a church. On the foreground, an elephant and a rhinoceros are depicted. With a verse in two languages undern...
- $40 / ≈ €37
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
Cordelirs in Franckr. [France].
A panoramic view of the town of Cordeliers (probably imaginary) with in the center the church. In the foreground a man hunting a wolf. With a verse in two languages under...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Frankfurt 1623-1678
Cordelirs in Franckr. [France].
A panoramic view of the town of Cordelirs (probably imaginary) with in center the church. On the foreground a man hunting a wolve. With a verse in two languages underneat...
- $35 / ≈ €33
Place & Date: Frankfurt 1623-1678
Cordelirs in Franckr. [France].
A very nice view of a monastery. With a verse in two languages underneath the picture.The poet and topographer from Comothau, Daniel Meisner (1585-1625), started his firs...
- $40 / ≈ €37
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
In einem Todt. . . [ Chateau Chenonceaux ]
A very nice depiction of Chateau Chenonceaux near Tours, France within the foreground is a dead lion, surrounded by rabbits. With a verse in two languages underneath the ...
- $70 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
Cordelirs in Franckr. [France].
A very nice view of the town of Cordeliers. On the foreground, a man hunting a wolf is depicted. With a verse in German and Latin underneath the picture.The poet and topo...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
S. Victor in Franckr. [The Abbey of St. Victor near Paris.].
A very nice view of the Abbey of St. Victor near Paris. On the foreground, a night watchman is depicted. With a verse in two languages underneath the picture.The poet Dan...
- $60 / ≈ €56
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
In einem Todt wollen alle zu Ritter werden.
A very nice view of a dead lion, surrounded by rabbits and in the background a French castle. With a verse in two languages underneath the picture. "In einem Todt, n...
- $70 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
S. Victor in Franckr. [France].
A very nice view of the church. On the foreground, a night watchman is depicted. With a verse in two languages underneath the picture.The poet and topographer from Comoth...
- $40 / ≈ €37
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
Aeqvum est, tristes secludere curas (Lianges.)
A very nice view of the city Lianges. With a verse in two languages underneath the picture.The poet and topographer from Comothau, Daniel Meisner (1585-1625), started his...
- $60 / ≈ €56
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
S. Iulius.
A very nice view of the castle of Saint Julius. On the foreground, several frogs are depicted. With a verse in two languages underneath the picture.The poet and topograph...
- $60 / ≈ €56
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
Vincennes - Viel hund Feind.des Hasen Todt.
A very nice picture representing Vincennes. With a verse in German and Latin. The German text reads : "Viel Hundt feind ja des Hasen Todr, Ihr viel bringn einen bald...
- $70 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
S. Victor in Franckr. [Paris].
A very nice view of St. Victor church in Paris. In the foreground, a night watchman is depicted. With a verse in Latin and German underneath the picture. The German text ...
- $60 / ≈ €56
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
Veue de la Ville, et du Port de Calais, di côte de la terre.
Showing the town of Calais; landscape with, in the left foreground, group of cavalrymen led by an officer and going to right, at right two soldiers walking alongside a ca...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1680
Rumiliacum vulgo Rumilix. [Rumilly]
Showing in great detail a bird's-eye view of the city of Rumilly in the Haute-Savoie, decorated with the coat of arms and a lettered key.From "Theatrum Sabaudiæ&quo...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1682
Abbaye d'Hautecombe. [Hautecombe Abbey]
Showing in great detail a bird's-eye view of the Hautecombe Abbey, a former Cistercian monastery, later a Benedictine monastery, in Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille near Aix-les-...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1682
De l'Europe. [ Figure LXXXV].
Decorative engraving showing "Ludovicus Magnus" or Louis XIV King of France, Coin Portrait.From the French text edition of "Description d'Univers", 16...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1683
Chamberi.
A charming view of Chambery. Title in a curtain draped at top. French text on verso.From the original 1683 text edition of "Description d'Univers. . ." by Allai...
Place & Date: Paris, 1683
François.
A charming engraving of a French couple in 17th-century dress.Title in a curtain draped at top. French text on verso.From the original 1683 text edition of "Descript...
Place & Date: Paris, 1683
Veüe de Nice.
Engraved birds eye view of Nice. Shows rivers, canals, bridges, landmarks, farms and buildings. Relief shown pictorially.
Place & Date: Paris, 1692
Veue de Nice.
Engraved birds eye view of Nice. Shows rivers, canals, bridges, landmarks, farms and buildings. Relief shown pictorially.
Place & Date: Paris, 1692
ANTIBES, Ville et Port de Mer de Provence, sur la Mer Mediterranée.
Early plan of Antibes. From his "Introduction à la fortification".
Place & Date: Paris, 1693
Plan de la ville, cite universite et fauxbourgs de Paris comme il est jourddhuy. . .
Detailed town-plan of Paris.Top left and bottom right and left cartouches decorated with views of the top left, Notre Dame, Palace of Orleans, Sorbonne and Val de Grâce,...
Place & Date: Paris, 1694
Orleans.
Nice scarce detailed town-plan of Orleans, from Bodenehr's "Atlas curieux" published in Augsburg.Incredibly detailed, shows the city of Orleans with many place ...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1700
La Ville de la Rochelle, Capitale du pays d'Aunis. . .
A very decorative town view of La Rochelle.
- $350 / ≈ €328
Place & Date: Paris, 1700
Lugdunum vulgo Lyon.
SCARCE bird's-eye view of Lyon. Adorned with a title cartouche at bottom left, a cartouche at bottom right containing the legend with key tables 1-98 and three coats of a...
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1700
Avignon.
SCARCE bird's-eye view of Avignon (Provence) figuring the Popes' Palace and the fortifications. Adorned with a cartouche at bottom right containing the legend with key ta...
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1700
Plan de la ville et du château de Caën en Normandie.
Plan of the city of Caen, from Nicolas de Fer's "L'Atlas curieux ou le Monde réprésente dans des cartes. "The "Atlas Curieux" is a geographic encycl...
Place & Date: Paris, 1705
Plan general des chateaux et ville de St Germain en Laye.
City plan of St Germain en Laye, from Nicolas de Fer's "L'Atlas curieux ou le Monde réprésente dans des cartes. "The "Atlas Curieux" is a geographic...
Place & Date: Paris, 1705
Plan de la belle et magnifique Maison de Monsieur A St Cloud . . .
Plan of the city of Saint Cloud, from Nicolas de Fer's "L'Atlas curieux ou le Monde réprésente dans des cartes. "The "Atlas Curieux" is a geographic...
Place & Date: Paris, 1705
Plan general de Chantilly . . .
Plan of the city of Chantilly, from Nicolas de Fer's "L'Atlas curieux ou le Monde réprésente dans des cartes. "The "Atlas Curieux" is a geographic e...
Place & Date: Paris, 1705
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
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
Rue Quinquempoix en l'année 1720. De regte afbeelding der wind negotie gehouden in de straat van Quinquempoix tot Parys.
A true picture of the wind trade of the rue Quinquempoix, Paris, in 1720, taken from "Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid : vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en onderg...
- $275 / ≈ €257
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte genealogique de la maison des Valois. . .
This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates from his "Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L’Histoire …", Tom 7...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
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.
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
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
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
Paris.
A spectacular panoramic view of Paris, with legends numbered from 1-70 in French. With the title in a banderol.After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (1690-1776) who...
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1740
Paris.
A spectacular panoramic view of Paris, with legends numbered from 1-70 in French. With the title in a banderol.After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (1690-1776) who...
Place & Date: Augsbourg, ca. 1740
Plan of the Attack of Camaret Bay, on the coast of Bretagne, thro which lies the Harbour of Brest.
An interesting copper engraved plan of the Fortification of Camaret in Bretagne (France), with an attractive rococo cartouche, showing an overview of the battlefield and ...
Place & Date: London, 1743
Mons the Capital City of Hainault in y Low Countries, taken by y French in 1691, Restor'd to y Spaniards by y Peace of Ryswick in 1697, retaken by y Allies in 1709, and left to y Emperor by y Treaty of Utrecht. .
An interesting copper engraved view of the walled city engraved by I. Basire, with pictographs of buildings. Many buildings and places are named on the map. Nicholas Tind...
Place & Date: London, 1743
(Rheims)
Finely engraved plan of Rheims.
Place & Date: ca. 1750
Vue et perspective de la ville de Marseille et ses environs, prise du côté de la belle vue de la plaine St. Michel. Dediée à S. A. S. Mgr. le duc de Penthievre Grand Amiral de France. Par son très humble et très obéissant Serviteur Aulagnier.
Scarce large and spectacular panorama of the city and harbour of Marseille published in Paris in the middle of the 18th century. Engraved by Pierre Jacques Duret under th...
- $12000 / ≈ €11229
Place & Date: Paris, 1751
Vue d'un Feu d'Artifice tiré devant l'Hotel de Ville en réjouissance de la Paix.
Optical view, illustrating a fireworks display in front of the Paris city hall.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishment...
Place & Date: Paris 1760