ANTIQUE MAPS OF MAINE, NORMANDY, ORLEANIS, PARIS, PICARDIE, POITOU, PROVENCE, SAINTONGE, SAVOY and TOURAINE

30755 Maine and other Departments, Louis Brion de la Tour, c.1790. Price: 42.00

CARTE DES DEPARTMENTS DE LA MAYENNE, DE LA SARTE, D’EURE ET LOIRE, DE MAIN ET LOIRE, D’INDDRE ET DE LOIR, DU LOIR ET CHER, ET DU LOIRET... Paris, Desnos 1790. An engraved map of the regions embellished with an uncoloured rococo title cartouche dated 1790. Map size 13 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Flanked by two panels of French text pasted on Original outline and wash colouring. Small area of thinning paper in bottom blank margin otherwise good condition.

From the Géographie Moderne Historique Et Politique

17063 Le Havre, John Luffman, 1804. Price: 45.00

HAVRE. A simple plan of the town and fortifications with a key listing nine places. Description beneath in two lines. 6 x 4.5 inches, 150 x 115 mm. Early hand colouring. Fine condition. Rare.

From Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbours and Forts in the World

29716 Normandy, Britanny and Touraine, Robert de Vaugondy / Charles Francois Delamarche, 1812. Price: 28.00

FLANDRE FRANCOISE, PICARDIE ET ARTOIS, ISLE DE FRANCE, ORLEANOIS, CHAMPAGNE, LORRAINE ET ALSACE. PAR ROBERT DE VAUGONDY GEOGRAPHE CORRIGES PAR C. F. DELAMARCHE SON SUCCESSEUR. A good engraved map of the region with a shaped title panel dated 1806. List of departments and two scales. 11 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition. Wide blank margins.

24286 Part of Orleanis, Willem J. Blaeu, c.1640. Price: 100.00

**GASTINOIS et SENONOIS. ** An engraved map centred on the town of Montargis. Extends westwards to include Orleans, north to Melun with Sens and Auxerre in the south. Decorative title cartouche. Scale cartouche with the figures of a surveyor. Royal Arms. 19 1/4 x 15 inches, 495 x 380 mm. Latin text on verso. Uncoloured. Lightly toned. Good condition.

29278 Orleans and Bourges, Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg, c.1588. Price: 165.00

ORLEANS / BOURGES. From the drawings by Joris Hoefngel. Two panoramic bird's eye views of Orleans and Bourges on one sheet. A fascinating record of these two towns at the end of the 16th century. The view of Bourges shows the splendid 13th century cathedral. The Orleans view in turn shows the fabbulous cathedral of Saint Croix. Each view includes costumed figures. 18 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches. Fine early hand colouring. Little light water staining in the bottom left blank margin. Very small slit the top of the centre fold. Otherwise good condition. Latin text on verso.

From Civitates Orbis Terrarum

29560 Orleanois, Robert de Vaugondy, 1749. Price: 24.00

GOUVERNEMENT GENERAL D’ORLEANOIS.... 1748. An engraved map of the region with title panel dated 1748. 7 x 6 1/2 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition.

29735 Orleanois, Robert de Vaugondy, 1749. Price: 22.00

GOUVERNEMENT GENERAL D’ORLEANOIS.... 1748. An engraved map of the region with title panel dated 1748. 7 x 6 1/2 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Some old ink stains in the right hand blank margin and just reaching into the map area otherwise good condition.

32146 Poitou and Saitonge, Antonio Zatta, c.1780. Price: 55.00

Li Governi D'Angiò del Saumurois, della Touraine, e Poitou, D'Aunis, e Saintonge, con quelle D'Angoumois. An engraved map of the Poutou and Saintone with their adjacent regions. Decorative pictorial cartouche dated 1777. 12 x 15 4/4 inches. Original hand colouring. Centre fold as published. Superb clean condition. Straight from the atlas and not sold previously as a single map.

From: Atlante Novissimo.

8106 La Ciotat, H. Michelot and L. Bremond, c.1730. Price: 95.00

PLAN DU PORTET DU MOLE DE LA CIOTAT. An engraved chart of the port of La Ciota which lies just west of Toulon. Compass rose and rhumb lines. 10 x 7 inches, 250 x 175 mm. Hand coloured. Good condition.

From Recueil de Plusieurs Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mediterranee

22761 Toulon, S.D.U.K., c.1845. Price: 46.00

TOULON.Engraved plan of the town and port. Panoramic uncoloured engraved view of Toulon from the Outworks on the East Across the base of the plan. 14 x 12 inches, 375 x 305 mm. Early hand colouring. Two light brown marks in the lower right hand blank margin otherwise good condition.

From Maps of the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

23861 Port de Nagaye, Jacques Nicolas Bellin, 1764. Price: 38.00

PORT DE NAGAYE ET COSTE VOISINES. Original blue outline and wash colouring. Good condition.

From Le Petit Atlas Maritime

32017 Parts of Provence, Switzerland and Italy, Abraham Ortelius, 1595. Price: 145.00

GALLIA NARBONENS/ SABAUDIAE DUCAT / VENUXINI COMITATUS NOVA DESCR. Three map on a folio sheet with centre fold. The upper left hand map shows part of the Mediterranean coast with the towns of Narbonne, Algues, Mortes, and Aries. Decorative strapwork cartouche and ship on the sea. The map below shows the area between Lake Geneva and Turin with Grenoble. The strapwork cartouche bears an attribution to the Flemish writer, poet and cartographer Gilles Boileau de Bouillon. The full page map on the right shows the part of Provence centred on Orange with the town of Avignon. The strapworth cartouche bears an attribution to an engraver from Brescia, Stefano Ghebellini. 18 1/4 x 14 inches. Fine clean condition with later carefully executed hand colouring. This map has come straight from the atlas and is offered for the first time as a single map.

From Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

32143 Dauphine and Provence, Antonio Zatta c.1780. Price: 125.00

Li Governi del Delfinato edi Provenza la Contea Venaissin ed il Princip d'Orange di nuova projezion. An engraved map of the regions of Dauphine and Provence including the Côte d’Azur. Decorative pictorial cartouche which is dated 1777. 12 x 16 inches. Original hand colouring. Centre fold as published. Superb clean condition. Straight from the atlas and not sold previously as a single map.

From: Atlante Novissimo.