MAPandMAPs is pleased to offer this exceptional lot of four antique 18th century maps of France.
1. France fortress Bergues (Sint-Winoksbergen) Harrewyn 1720 Title: Berg S Winoc. Bergues (Dutch: Sint-Winoksbergen) France, Antique city plan with a description cartouche. Copperplate engraved with hand coloring. Cartographer: Jacobus Harrewijn was an engraver who was mostly active in the Southern Netherlands. He married in 1682 in Amsterdam, but joined the Antwerp Guild in 1688. He remarried in 1689 in Deurne. Sheet app.: 23.5 x 19.5 cm. 9.25 x 7.75 inches. Image app.: 18 x 14.5 cm. 7 x 5.75 inches. Condition: Very good.
2. France, Battle plans, Cherbourg-Octeville by Cary 1781 Title: Plan of Cherbourg, (Cherbourg-Octeville) with forts and batteries. taken by the English in August 1758. Copperplate engraved plan with hand coloring. Published by Jac. Masgowan 1781 Engraved by J. Cary. Issued London 1781. Sheet app.: 26 x 20 cm. 10.25 x 7.75 inches. Image app.: 23 x 17.5 cm. 9 x 6.75 inches. Condition: Very good.
3. France antique map by Vaygondy 1575 Title: Carte de La France. Antique map of France, copperplate engraved with hand coloring. Cartographer: Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766) Image app.: 9 x 8 inches. 23 x 20 cm Condition: Nice map in good condition, part left border redone.
4. France old map La France by Claude Buffier 1769 Title: La France Antique map of France, copperplate engraved with hand coloring. Cartographer: Claude Buffier (May 25, 1661 – 1737), Origin: Geographie Universelle, published in Paris. Size: Sheet app.: 20 x 16.5 cm. 7.75 x 6.5 inches. Image app: 17.5 x 13.5 cm. 6.75 x 5.25 inches. Condition: Fine folded map in very good condition.
All four maps are in very good condition and are a valuable addition to any collection of antique maps.
