Plans of Auxerre and Saint-Denis from "La Cosmographie universelle".

[Paris, N. Chesneau, 1575]

€ 150 / 200

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Description du lot

Woodcuts, c. 25,5 x 34 cm, hand-coloured (2 tiny holes, light marg. damp stain).

1 hinged at upper edge, under passe-partout.

F. de Belleforest (1530-1583) translated and enlarged Sebastian Münster's "Cosmographia". 1. Portraict ou Plan de la ville d'Auxerre. - 2. Pourtraict de la ville Sainct Denis en France. Verso paginated 279-282 & 337-338.
Ref. Pastoureau, Belleforest I [10] & [16].