A rare 'carte à figures' map of France

KEERE, Pieter van den.

Gallia Nova Galliae descriptio multis in locis de integro emendata simulquae effigies Principum, praecipuas Gallorum urbes ac habitus exhibens.
Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, c.1630. Fine original colour. 460 x 560mm.

Narrow margins on three sides as issued.

A fine example of the finest Dutch atlas maps of France, with borders containing fourteen city prospects and eight costume vignettes (pairs of nobles, merchants, rustics and lawyers!), a large title cartouche and a compass rose.
The plate was engraved by Pieter van den Keere and first published as a separate issue map. However Jansson acquired the plate, re-engraved the figures and issued it in his 1630 'Appendix'.


Stock ID : 22258