4666 - 5032 FINE ARTS - FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS
- Two maps trifle worn along middle fold; occas. sl. waterst. in blank margins; mostly fine.
AND a 19th cent. handcol. engr. map of "Europe Centrale".
- Upper part middle fold splitting. = With the address of J. and R. Ottens in top margin.
"Status ecclesiasticus et magnus ducatus Thoscanae." Handcol. engr. map, large dec. cartouche, 49,5x58 cm., Amst., F. De Wit, ±1690.
- Dustsoiled; frayed; creased in corners.
AND 2 maps of Limburg (ibid., I. Tirion, ±1750) and Denmark (ibid., F. de Wit, ±1680. Soiled; w. tears).
- A few small restored spots; doubled (closing one sm. hole to the right of the Vlaamse Eylanden and closing the top ends of 2 folds); three flattened folds. Nevertheless a fine copy.
= Very rare chart, oriented North to the right. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIX.
- One sm. tear in cartouche; trifle frayed. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIX.
AND 1 other, a partly handcol. map by G. VAN BAARSEL: "Kaart van het noorden van Zweeden, van Noorwegen, Finland en Lapland (...)".
- Some vague brown stains (mainly) in blank margins.
= Attractive handcolouring.
- Slightly yellowed. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 4360:2.
AND 4 handcol. engr. maps publ. by the same (w. occas. sm. defects): "Champagne Latine Campania, Comitatus" (Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 4200:2); "Ager Parisiensis vulgo l'Isle de france" (4300:2A); "Borbonium, Ducatus. Bourbonnois" (4850:2) and "Nivernium Ducatus. Gallicè Duche de Nevers" (4855:2).
- Lacks 1 engraving (no.2) in upper margin (part of the profile). Folds as published, occas. tears on folds.
= Impressive view and map of Arras, besieged by the Spanish, commanded by Louis de Bourbon, prince de Condé (1621-86) from 3 July to 25 August 1654 who were defeated in battle on 25 August 1654 by a French relief army under Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne (1611-75).
- Lower blank margin strengthened on verso; 2 vague waterstains near edges.
= Rare and unusual map showing the Canal du Midi, extending from Narbonne to Toulouse.
- Formerly folded.
= Map of a section of the Amiens region with Doullens and its fortifications in the centre, with the river Authie flowing through. The map shows Bayencourt in the lower right, Herrisart in the centre of lower edge, Halloy-lès-Pernois in the lower left corner, Prouville in the centre of left edge, Beauvoir-Wavans in the upper left, Grand-Rullecourt in the upper right corner and La Herlière in the centre of the right edge.
- Waterst. in upper blank margin; a few vague stains along middle fold.
AND 2 similar maps of France: "Le Gouvernement de l'Isle de France" and "Galliae seu Franciae Tabula" (both partly torn/ strengthened on middle fold).
- Doubled; sm. tear near left edge. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 4515:2.
AND 2 maps of France publ. by F. DE WIT, i.a. "Ducatus Burgundiae Nova Descriptio" (upper edge frayed; a few tears along green colouring in the image).
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 4515:2.
AND 2 contemp. handcol. maps of French regions, i.a. "De Neder Sevennes, in Languedoc (...)" (Amst., C. Allard, late 17th cent. Doubled).
- Yellowed. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2.2, 3304.
AND 2 others, i.a. "Plan du Siege d'Arras" (battle plan, 17th cent.).
- Creased in upper left corner; waterst. in lower right corner.
AND 1 similar publ by the same: "Bretaigne van C. de Hague tot Heyssant" (frayed in lower blank margin just touching the image; 2 tiny holes; sm. tear along middlefold).
- Doubled: left half w. crudely closed tears in image/ blank margin in upper left quarter and in lower blank margin (just touching image) and waterstained in image; overall duststaining and some sl. traces of silverfish activity; vague oblique fold in right margin.
= Extremely rare and attractive panorama, the left-hand sheet showing the view towards the south and the right-hand sheet showing the view towards the west. No copies traced of the two sections together and only a few of the separate sections (in Musée Carnavalet).