Ventes live - Lot 502
Oldest folio panelled map of France
[Europe - France]
Gallia.
Amsterdam, J. Janssonius, 1607
Prix de marteau: €
1.300
€ 500 / 600
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Description du lot
Copper engr., 41,3 x 56,1 cm (trimmed to the border, sl. toned, few sm. brown spots in upper left corner, split fold at the bottom repaired on verso).
Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout.
First state of one of the earliest maps by Blaeu. Oldest folio map of France with decorative borders on 3 sides: at the top an oval portrait of the dauphin Louis and 8 town views or plans (o.a. Paris and Marseille), at both sides the portraits of Henry IV and Maria de' Medici, 6 French costumed figures and 2 more town views (Angers and Bourges). Large decorative title cartouche. Verso blank.
Ref. Schilder MGN VI: 78. - Van der Krogt [4000:2A.1].