2 plans of Metz and Strasbourg and a view on Blâmont.

Engr., 28,9/35,2 x 45,7/48,8 cm, hand-coloured.

Hinged at upper edges. Under passe-partout.

1. Metz. [G. von Kempen, 1575]. (Traces of vertical folds). Bird's-eye plan of Metz, with its Cathedral, seat of the bishops of Metz, prominently depicted. - 2. Argentoratum, [...] sed vulgo Strasburgum dicta [...]. [T. Graminaeus, 1572]. The Cathedral of Our Lady depicted in great detail in this plan of Strasbourg. - 3. Blanmont au pays de Vauge en Loreyne. [G. von Kempen, 1575]. (Traces of vertical folds). Featuring mainly the old, 12th-c. castle and its ducal palace, a view on Blâmont and its surroundings. First or only states from the very rare 1572 (2) and 1575 (1 & 3) Latin ed. of "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" (text on verso, leaves 15 & 17, and an unnumb. leaf).
Ref. Van der Krogt [Metz:41], [Strasbourg:41.1] & [Blamont:41.1].