Subject: Northern France
Period: 1640 (circa)
Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.6 x 15.1 inches
49.8 x 38.4 cm
A great map detailing the famous Champagne region of France. The map is filled with hundreds of villages, forests, and rivers, the map locates the cities of Chalons, Reims, Vitry-le-Francois and Sainte Menehould. The decorative title cartouche is embellished with putti and a coat of arms. Further decorated with a compass rose and more putti with surveying instruments on the distance scale. Latin text on verso, published between 1640-43.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #4200:2.
Condition: A
A clean example with full original color. There are faint damp stains in top margin, barely entering the border in the corners.
