France
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Very detailed map of Artois in northern France showing part of the Channel coast and inland from Calais to Douay, decorative title cartouche. From Coronelli’s Corso Geografico Universale published in Venice in 1690. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli is widely recognised as one of Italy?s most famous and greatest cartographers. He received an ecclesiastical education at the convent of the Minor Conventuals and also studied theology in Rome. However, his interests in geography and cartography were awoken e
- Year: 1690
- Dimension: 450 x 600 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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Map of Corsica oriented north to the left taken from the Flemish edition of Johannes Blaeu’s famous Atlas Major published in Amsterdam in 1664. The cartography is based on Giovanni Antonio Magini’s surveys, here re-proposed by Blaeu with the same precise toponymy but with a more careful representation of the reliefs and the river system. The famous publishing house of the Blaeu family was founded in Amsterdam in 1596 by Willem Janzoon Blaeu (1571-1638) who…
- Year: 1664
- Dimension: 180 x 240 mm
- Place of publication: Amsterdam
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Uncommon and elegant map of Corse inset Malta, finely engraved by Pietro Allodi after a drawn by Filippo Naymiller. From Atlante di geografia universale: cronologico, storico, statistico e letterario. Milan, 1860 at Tipografia Pagnoni.
- Year: 1860
- Place of publication: Milan
- Dimension: 43 x 33 cm
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Out of stockLarge poster designed in 1970 by Alain Cornic to promote the renowned wines of the Côte d’Or, the Burgundy region in France centered around Dijon. The right side shows a pictorial map of the area embellished by vignettes with historical buildings along with differently colored grape clusters marking the wine production zones. The left side features an allegorical depiction of the wine-making process and includes a portrait of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Count of Buffon, a notable…
- Dimension: 145 x 98 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1970
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Color pictorial map of Franche Comte now Bourgogne covered with vignettes drawings of people and products of the province with explanation, representing region’s historical figures and events, resources, sights, churches, important buildings, people, activities, crops, etc. Includes decorative title cartouche and compass rose. Relief shown pictorially. Published by Ode Paris in 1951 from a drawn by Jaques Liozu.
- Dimension: 490 x 320 mm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1951
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Out of stockThis colorful poster was designed for The French Line of cruise ships in 1953 by the French artist Jean Mercier to promote the route that connects France and England to the Caribbean and Central American nations of Colombia and Venezuela. The Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, typically known overseas as the French Line, was a shipping company established in 1861 as an attempt to revive the French merchant marine, the poor state of which was self-evident during…
- Dimension: 54 x 32 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1953
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Attractive miniature map of whole France. From “Epitome du Theatre” by A. Ortelius published in Antwerp in 1598 with french text on verso. Engraved with great care by P. Galle.
- Year: 1598
- Dimension: 75 x 105 mm
- Place of publication: Antwerp
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Fine and early second historical map of France. It differs from Ortelius’ other Galliae Vetus maps in that it is based upon ancient geographical sources, rather than ancient military sources. From the 1624 final edition by Balthasar Moretus of the first historical atlas ever published. Ortelius’s Parergon began as a companion to his Theatrum but eventually it became an independent work. In fact, this collection of maps of the ancient world was so significant that…
- Year: 1624
- Dimension: 396 x 495 mm
- Place of publication: Antewerp
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Very handsome chart of the Bay of Biscay with the north coast of Spain from Cap Finisterre, and west coast of France north to Brest. Locates Bayone, Bordeaux, Nantes, etc. with information on soundings and anchorages. From Hydrographie Francaise.
- Year: 1797
- Dimension: 855 x 543 mm
- Place of publication: London
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Color pictorial map of Ile de France and Paris covered with vignettes drawings of people and products of the province with explanation, representing region’s historical figures and events, resources, sights, churches, important buildings, people, activities, crops, etc. Includes decorative title cartouche and compass rose. Relief shown pictorially. Published by Ode Paris in 1951 from a drawn by Jaques Liozu.
- Dimension: 490 x 320 mm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1951
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Isola d’Oleron
- Dimension: 448 x 275 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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Out of stockpictorial map of the French Riviera with Monaco and Corsica by Octave Poissons. Published in Nice, 1948.
- Dimension: 61 x 42,5 cm
- Place of publication: Nizza
- Year: 1948
