Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Nova Galliae descriptio multis in locis de integro emendata, Simulque effigies Principum, praecipuas Gallorum urbes ac habitus exhibens . . . 

Amsterdam, 1607

Rare early map Carte-a-Figures style map of France by Guillaume Blaeu, who was then still calling himself Guillaume Janssonius.

This is one of Blaeu's earliest maps and the first map of France to be decorated with a panels of City Views and Costumed Figures.

An exceptional rarity.

Condition Description: Expertly repaired fold splits at top and bottom, extending 2 to 3 inches into the printed image. Trimmed to neatlines, with slight loss at right margin.

References: Schilder MCN IV 11.1; Schilder MCN VI, 78.2: with the engraver's name darkened 

$ 6,500 

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