"Belsia, Vulgo la Beausse", Blaeu, Willem
Subject: Central France
Period: 1635 (published)
Publication: Nouvel Atlas
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.6 x 15.1 inches
49.8 x 38.4 cm
A great copper-engraved map with north oriented to upper right corner that shows the Loire Valley and locates Paris, Chartres, and Orleans. A spectacular title cartouche features two fire-breathing dragons pulling a chariot filled with wheat. In the opposite corner of the sheet are the arms of France and a distance scale held aloft by two putti. Dutch text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #4340:2.
Condition: A+
A sharp impression on a bright sheet with minor marginal soiling and a few tiny tears along the edges of the sheet.
