Live auction - Lot 922
[France]
[Fransche Merkurius, of Bondige beschrijving van geheel Vrankrijk, en desselfs landtschappen, steden, kastelen, en gedenkwaardigste plaatzen. Beneffens haare naukeurige af-teekeningen, in platte grondten veschiedt [...].
1666]
Hammer price: €
750
€ 1.000 / 1.500
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Lot description
Oblong 4to: 328 pl. (title, text ff. and 23 pl. missing; map of Île-de-France restored on verso, 1 other smaller tear, few pl. marg. damp stained, very few spots).
Contemp. vellum, ink-titled flat spine (sl. soiled, back hinge broken).
Plates only of this scarce, voluminous topographical description of France, published in 1666 by J. Meurs (Amsterdam) and M. Cnobbert (Antwerp). Ill. with 14 partial maps of France and 314 pl. with views and plans of various cities, castles and landscapes (many of Paris, complemented with views of Lyon, Marseille, Reims, Avignon, Montpellier, Callais, Nantes, Bordeaux, etc.), incl. 9 fold. views and 1 fold. plan.
Ref. Tiele 750. - STCN. - STCV.