Live auction - Lot 598
[France - Dauphiné - Orléanais]
4 plans on 2 sheets.
[Cologne]
€ 120 / 150
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Lot description
Engr., 32,3/33,2 x 43,5/48 cm, hand-coloured.
Hinged at upper edges. Under passe-partout.
1. Gratianopolis, Acusianorum colonia [...], nunc vulgo, [...] Grenoble. - Romans, Delfinatus vulgo Daufine [...]. [P. von Brachel, 1606]. Depicting Grenoble and Romans-sur-Isère, along the Isère, in southeastern France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes). - 2. Autricium [...]; vulgo [...] Chartres. - Chasteaudunum, Comitatus vulgo Dunoÿs [....]. [G. von Kempen, 1581]. (3 tiny wormholes). Depicting Chartres and Châteaudun in northern France (Centre-Val de Loire). As the 1st publication, this print does not yet have the crack at the right border, appearing in 1588. From 2 diff. Latin ed. of the "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" (text on verso, leaves 8 & 9).
Ref. Van der Krogt [Grenoble;Romans:41:1] & Chartres;Chateaudun:41.1].