The map of Ile de France which Jean Leclerc added in his re-issue of Maurice Bouguereau's atlas 'Theatre Francois' , as ' La Theatre geographique de France' in 1619. An uncommon and decorative map.[Lot of 17]  maps of F R A N C E- L'Isle de France, Parisiensis agri descrip(tio). - Gouvernemens de Picardie, de Boulonnois, et d’Artois (1768)- V.  Descrittione del Regno della Gallia (1598)-La France Divisée en ses quarante Gouvernamens Généraux et Militaire.- - Topographia aug. Turon. duca...

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 but, one night during a storm in the Bay of Biscay when the crew were forced below deck, he managed to escape in a rowing boat. All night he was tossed about by the waves with only a pike to help him steer. The small boat was eventually driven ashore on the island of Charante where some bird-catchers found him almost dead from ...

Small map of France, surrounded by text in Dutch.  Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Included in the rare book : Wereld Spiegel, waer in vertoontword de Beschryvinge der Rijken Staten, ende vorstendommen des gantsen Aerdbodems… which was a Dutch translation of "Les estats, empires et principautez de monde" by Pierre Davity.The map is engraved by Jodocus Hondius before 1616 and first published in Petrus Bertius' revised pocket atlas Tab...

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 in front of the Tuileries, in a huge area today known as the Place de Carrousel. Groups of costumed noblemen representing "Romans" (lead by the French King), "Persians," "Turks," "Indians" and "Americans" participated in games of skill. This engraving was included as an illustration to a scarce work titled, "Courses de Testes e...

Plate published in "Les costumes régionaux de France" with illustrations by Gratiane de Gardilanne (painter and designer) and Elisabeth Whitney Moffat.Costume plate printed in collotype, pochoir and retouched by hand. Dimension of 24.5 x 38cm. The originals were donated by an American patron to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and constitute a set of 200 plates. Good condition.

A large sea chart of the mouth and course of the Gironde river as far inland as Bordeaux. Decorated with three cartouches.Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1702-720) was the most important French hydrographer of the 18th century.  Sea-atlas 'Hydrographique Français' , 1756-65, atlas to accompany Prévost d' Exile's ' Histoire. des Voyages', 1738-75. A lot of 5 maps  of the mouth of the Gironde river.- Carte des Entrees et Cours de la Gironde ((96x65 cm)- Carte du Gouvernent de Guyenne et Gascogne- Gou...

Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (1632-1712), French cartographer. He joined the Sanson heirs and redrew Nicolas Sanson's maps on a larger scale. 'Atlas Nouveau' (1674), sea-atlas ' Le Neptune François' (1693).An attractive large-format map depicting Orleans and vincinity. Embellished with a large title-cartouche and a cartouche with scales.Newly engraved for the counterfeited edition of the ' Atlas Nouveau', published by Pieter Mortier in Amsterdam. Ref.: Pastoureau, Les Atlas Français XVIe-XVIIe Siècl...