Paris: Wuhrer, 1889. Color lithograph. 26 3/4 x 34 1/2 inches. Lovely large map of Paris showing the city's water network in 1854, drawn up by the surveyor L. Fauve. It comes from the work Les Travaux de Paris 1789-1889, retracing the work carried out in Paris between 1789 and 1889. The waters of the Ourcq, the Seine, the Grenelle well and the aqueducts of the waters of Ourcq and of sources are clearly printed in four colors as noted..... More

Paris. Manuscript map. Pencil crayon and ink on thick Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Carefully drawn map featuring Ile de la Cite in ancient times. The street of Old Drapery, also called street of the Drapery, is featured and is a famous ancient street of Paris that was demolished as the city modernized. It extends from Rue de la Barillerie, to Rue de la Juiverie. Rue de la Juiverie is named after a large Jewish population that..... More

Paris. Manuscript map. Pencil crayon and ink on thick Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Carefully drawn map featuring Ile de la Cite in ancient times. Rue de la Juiverie is named after a large Jewish population that inhabited the street from the 5th to 7th centuries, and again from the 9th until the explusion of the Jews from France in 1183. The church labeled as "La Magdelaine", on the corner of Rue des Marmousets, was originally built..... More

Paris: Le Neptune Oriental. Sea chart. Copper plate engraving with original hand color. Image measures 19 x 13". This beautiful map of the Isle of Bourbon or modern day Reunion dates to 1775. It covers the entire island, noting coastal details and some inland topography. The sea chart is covered with rhumb lines throughout and depicts a very remote region of the Indian Ocean. Text in the lower left describes the history, including its discovery and naming of the island..... More

Amsterdam: Johannes Blaeu. Map. Copper plate engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 15" x 19.5". This incredible map by Willem and Johannes Blaeu dates to circa 1640. Featuring the famous French wine making region of Champagne, the map labels numerous villages, towns, rivers, and important cities including Chalons, Reims, Vitry-le-Francois and Sainte Menehould. Mountains and forests are beautifully rendered in profile. Decorative title and scale cartouches in the bottom corners feature cherubs. The title cartouche also includes a coat..... More

Amsterdam. Map. Engraving with original hand outline. Image measures 15" x 19.75". Beautiful regional map of northern France, circa 1640. Includes Paris in the south east and the winding Seine River. Great cartouche vignette of the goddess of agriculture, Ceres, and a figure in a cart drawn by two winged dragons. Willem Blaeu (1571-1638) was a prolific Dutch mapmaker who started one of the most famous map publishing firms of the 17th century. It was at this time that the..... More

Amsterdam. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 17 3/8" x 21.5". This beautiful map of the province of Languedoc, the French winemaking region in southern France by Willem Bleau dates to circa 1645. Covers from Auvergne to the Mediterranean and includes extraordinary detail throughout, noting several towns, rivers and topographical features. The region of Languedoc is one of the largest wine producing region in France with some of the oldest vineyards. It is also famous for the production of cheeses including..... More

Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu. Map. Engraving with original hand color. Image measures 15 x 19.5". Lovely map of the Poitou region of southwest France with delightful banner title. The map identifies important towns, fortifications, rivers, vineyards and villages throughout with beautifully rendered mountains and forests. The white wines of Haut-Poitou are noted for their powerful aroma. Sauvignon blanc and Cabernet franc is produced in the region. A wine barrel and grapes rest on top of the scale cartouche. In good condition..... More

Cologne: Braun & Hogenberg. Two bird's-eye plans on one sheet. Copper engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 13" x 18.75". These two bird's-eye plans on one sheet depict the French cities of Chartres and Châteaudun. Chartres is shown from the southeast, with its famous cathedral at the center of the frame towering over the comparatively diminutive city around it. This prized church became the model for many other Gothic churches and is nearly synonymous with the city in which..... More

1596. View. Color engraving. Image measures 13" x 15.75". Panorama of the city of Poitiers (in W. Central France), presented from the east. Image lower left is a dolmen, also known as a portal tomb. (Early graffiti reference with carved names). The third view shows Montargis. Treated as a companion to Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum". The editions were published between 1572-1617. This edition has Latin text on back and is from Volume I. Margins cropped and some toning and stains..... More

Venice: Vincenzo Coronelli, 1696. Map in two sheets. Uncolored engraving. Each image measures 23.75" x 17.57". Map of France in two sheets in great detail. Two tables list the royal chronology and the province names. Includes many coats of arms and an ornate architectural cartouche. Many place names are listed in Latin, contemporary French and Italian. A beautiful dark impression with text in Italian. Text and additional views on verso. Published by Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718), a Venetian map and globe..... More

Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 8.75" x 12". This charming map of Dunkirk shows the city as it sits on the coast of the southernmost part of the North Sea, here labeled as the Sea of Flanders. Working circa 1705, De Fer has represented the city with a schematized drawing of its exterior walls. Canals connecting the city to nearby towns and churches are also depicted and labeled. Sand bars are drawn and mountains are represented pictorically..... More

Amsterdam: Henrici Hondius, 1625. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 14.5 x 19 inches, sheet measures 16.5 x 21.25 inches. Shows some light foxing. In very good condition. A rare early map of the Dordogne region of southwestern France. Handsome lions with man faces grace the giant title cartouche. Unusual collaboration between Hondius and Tavernier. Hondius (1594-1629) was the youngest son of Jodocus Hondius, the prolific Flemish mapmaker. Joannes Tardo (1561-1636), was the Canon of Sarlat, a mathematician and map editor..... More