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...

Map of the Upper Loire region in France.Lovely map from one of the last decorative atlases of the nineteenth century.The rather simple map is framed by medallion portraits and coats of arms, and is set against a background of scenes of the countryside, products and activities indigenous to the region filling the foreground.Victor Levasseur's "Atlas National Illustre" and "Atlas Universel Illustre" are among the last great decorative atlases published. This map comes from the Atlas National Illus...

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 topographer from Comothau, Daniel Meisner (1585-1625), started his first publication entitled Thesaurus Philo-Politicus in Frankfurt in 1623, initially in parts, each one containing about fifty plans. The work was engraved circa 1623-1650, and printed 1678, and was published by Eberhard Kieser. In 1678 the collection of copperplate...

Magnificent map of the urban redevelopments planned for Paris at the end of the 19th century. The map has been updated, with insets showing supplemental plans for the Bois de Boulogne and Vicennes neighborhoods.

Scarce map of France prepared after J.B.Nolin and published by Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Lower right inset map of Corsica. In left and right margins key references to Départements and Provinces. Louis Joseph Mondhare was active in Paris and published several smaller atlases and re-published the wall maps of Nolin.

This impressive plate provides a comprehensive list of the ecclesiastical divisions in the country with their corresponding coats of arms. A small inset map depicts the location of the various churches across France (95 x 105mm.)Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) was the father of Henri Abraham (1684-1743) and Zacharie Junior (1690-1754).They worked as a partnership publishing the Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L’Histoire … under several different Chatelain imprints, depending on the ...

Rare miniature map including the towns of Clermont, Brioude, Le Puy, etc. From "Le theatre De Bellone, Contenant 48. nouvelles Cartes Geographiques, Des Païs-Bas Espagnols, Provinces-Unies, haute & basse Allemagne. . .". This rare atlas contained maps relating to the War of Spanish Succession. Published in Amsterdam by the widow of P. Schenk.

Map of Burgundy region without text on the verso. Second state with the date 1597 removed from the title cartouche. This is the rarest Burgundy map of the four that Ortelius made.

Map of Ré and Oléron islands. Depicting the west coast of France, showing La Rochelle. Several vessels and sailing ships dot the Atlantic ocean.Three windroses indicate north to the left. Embellished with sea goddess and monsters.  From early on Willem Jansz. Blaeu aimed of publishing an atlas to compete with the Hondius-Jansson Atlas. By 1630, he had published at least 17 folio size maps. Blaeu was able to realize his plan soon after he had acquired the copper plates of the atlas maps by Jod...

Fine plan of Paris, engraved by Taylor. "With the complete system of its fortifications and strong detached". Adorned with many vignettes engraved with monuments of Paris.

Synoptic table of the circulation of omnibuses with connections of Paris indicating at first sight the resources presented by the one hundred and sixty-seven connections of these cars. Rare map of Paris divided into Grands Carrés showing omnibus stations and connections. The lines in green indicate the route of the bus lines. It is surrounded by 31 vignettes showing the different omnibuses: Omnibus, Constantines, Favorites, Tricycles, Diligentes, Citadines, Hirondelles, Parisiennes, Gazelles, ...

FIRST EDITION of this finely engraved plan of Paris by P. F. Tardieu and prepared by DuBuisson. This detailed plan of Paris includes la Place Louis XV, la Bastille, but does not have the city walls. The first edition was included in " l'Atlas nouveau" of E. Mentelle. The second state (after 1792) has the text "Plan routier de la ville de Paris…", in the righthand lettered key, added.