A plan of Brussels and a view of Leuven from "La Cosmographie universelle".

[Paris, N. Chesneau, 1575]

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Woodcuts, 24/32,2 x 34,5/40,5 cm, hand-coloured (plan of Leuven sl. age-toned).

Hinged at upper edges. Under passe-partout.

F. de Belleforest (1530-1583) translated and enlarged Sebastian Münster's "Cosmographia". 1. Le grand plant et vray portrait de la ville de Brusselles. - 2. Le pourtraict et description de la ville de Louvain. Verso paginated 1239-1242 & 1236-1237.
Ref. Pastoureau, Belleforest I [46] & [45].