A SELECTION OF RARE & DECORATIVE ANTIQUE MAPS & PRINTS THE SOUTH OF FRANCE FROM MONACO & NICE TO MARSEILLE 2022
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Current list of original Antique Maps and Prints of the Riviera and Procvnce region of France. All items are genuine original antiques on or close to dates given. Nice Monaco Villefranche Antibes Cannes Marseille Maps Charts
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MICHAEL JENNINGS ANTIQUE MAPS & PRINTS 1684 Chemin De St Julien, BIOT 06410 TEL: France: 04 93 65 7252 Mobile: 06 10 75 39 88 WEBSITE: www.maphouse.co.uk EMAIL: michaeljennings@orange.fr
1. LA VILLE ET CHASTEAU DE NICE £650 Scarce first available view of Nice and the Castle published by Belleforest. In 1575 Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia was translated into French and published in Paris by François de Belle-Forest. However there were only a few maps of France in the pre 1580 edition of Munster and Belleforest added more French maps. Nice was one of those. Very rare as there was only one edition of Belleforests Comographia. Uncoloured as issued Excellent / Mint Références: Pastoureau, Belleforest I-1 [51]; Fauser, #9845 Publication La Cosmographie Universelle de tout le Monde. Paris, Nicolas Chesneau - Michel Sonnius, 1575. Belleforest code : M5008 Cartographer : BELLEFOREST François de Belleforest Date : 1575 Paris Size : 30*20.5 cms
2. PROVENCE FRANCE MERCATOR HONDIUS ATLAS MINOR 1610 Attractive & detailed map of Provence covering area from Camargue to Nice. Geography from Mercators folio map. Cartouches. Excellent hand colour Very good condition Cartographer: Mercator / Hondius Date : 1610 Amsterdam Size : 14*20 cms £145
4. NICEA AD VARUM NICE BLAEU FROM THEATRUM SABAUDIAE
Superb and rare folio copper engraving of Nice from Johannes Blaeu's Theatrum Sabaudiae. One of the finest of the Town Books. Stunning cartouches,ships. Excellent hand colour. A rare print in mint condition. Cartographer : Blaeu Family Date : 1682 Amsterdam Size : 48*63cms £750
Website code : M1637
3. NICAEA CIVITAS
Superb copperplate view of Nice from "Theatrum Sabaudiae" by Johannes Blaeu. From Blaeu's 1682 or 1721 publication of Italian cities. The Duke of Savoy invited Johannes Blaeu and sons to create a work of the cities etc in Savoy; known as a 'Town Book'. Very decorative with two devices of cherubs holding the coat of arms of Nice. Banner title. Legend below with twenty-eight references to places in Nice. The quality of work is exceptional and now it is almost impossible to find original prints from this book. The most sought after view of Nice A rare view in very good condition. Legend below with twenty-eight references to places in Nice. Cartographer : Blaeu Family Date : 1682/ 1721 Amsterdam Size : 46*58 cms £850
Website code : M4557
5. VEUE DE NICE Good copper engraved view of Nice depicting the Chateau on the Coline De Chateau, destoyed some 15 years later. Shows many of the buildings and churches in the old town. After Blaeu's 1682 engraving. Uncoloured as issued. Very good condition. Cartographer : DE FER Nicolas Date : 1692 Paris Size : 15.5*22 cms £95 Website code : M3777
6.NIZZA IN PROVENZA Rare perspective view of the city of Nice. From the work: "Lombardia che abbraccia gli Stati de' duchi di Savoia, Mantova, Parma, Modena e del Milanese" and printed and published in Turin. Very good condition for this uncommon engraving. Cartographer : CORONELLI Vincenzo Maria Date : 1706 Turin Size : 15*18 cms £150 code : M3804
7.NIZZA DI PROVENZA DESCRITTA DAL P COSMPGRAFO CORONELLI Rare plan of the city of Nice,. From the publication "Lombardia che abbraccia gli Stati de' duchi di Savoia, Mantova, Parma, Modena e del Milanese" and printed and published in Turin. Very good condition for this uncommon engraving. Cartographer : CORONELLI Vincenzo Maria Date : 1706 Turin Size : 15*18 cms £120 Website code : M5009
9. LA CITTA DI NIZZA CAPITALE DELLA CONTEA DI NIZZA Very attractive view of Nice by Salmon.T and printed by Albrizzi. The view is certainly after Blaeu's view in Theatrum Sabaudiae. Shows the Chateau that was destroyed in 1706 by order of King Louis XIV. Very well engraved, ships etc. A very good copper engraving in very good condition. Publication : Storia moderna di tutti I popoli del mondo Cartographer : Salmon Date : 1740 Venice Size : 17*36.5 cms £235 code : M4055
8. MONACO , CAPO DI SPITITO UND NIZA DI PROVENZA Full Title : Abriss der Dreijen Vestungen Monaco, Capo di Sant Spirito und Niza di Provenza. Reduced version of Merian's important map. Shows Nice & the fortified towns of Monaco and Villefranche. The old chateau at Nice. Stippled sea, galleons and compass rose Uncoloured as issued Very good condition Cartographer : BODENEHR Gabriel Date : 1708 Augsberg Size : 16.5*20.5 cms £145 Website code: M4574
10. NICE Uncommon Seventeenth century plan of Nice by De Fer. Shows the chateau in detail. Walls round old town. Cartouche Uncoloured as issued. Very good condition. Cartographer : DE FER Nicolas Date : 1692 Paris Size : 21.5*29 cms £50 code : M3778
11. PLAN DE NICE Uncommon and sought after plan of Nice From Bellin's Petit Atlas Maritime. Detailed showing all the streets in the Old Town in the mid Eighteenth century. Nice was part of the Comte of Nice & Savoie at the this time. The Chateau is now shown as destroyed. Cartouche. Excellent hand colour Very good condition Cartographer : Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN Date : 1764 Paris Size : 22*18 cms £115 website code : M3989
11. PLAN DE NICE Uncommon and sought after plan of Nice From Bellin's Petit Atlas Maritime. Detailed showing all the streets in the Old Town in the mid Eighteenth century. Nice was part of the Comte of Nice & Savoie at the this time. The Chateau is now shown as destroyed. Cartouche. Excellent hand colour Very good condition Cartographer : Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN Date : 1764 Paris Size : 22*18 cms £115 website code : M3989
12. NICE VILLEFRANCHE Very rare plan of Nice, Villefranche and Cap Ferrat by Albanis De Beaumont. Probably one of the rarest maps as it originally came from one the rarest books on Provence. Very finely engraved with good detail. Later excellent hand colour Very good condition. Publication 'Travels through the Marittime Alps' by Albanis de Beaumont (1755-1812). Cartographer : Albanis de Beaumont Date : 1794 Size : 21*33 cms £145 Website code : M4582
13. NICE PIEMONT Scarce good sized lithograph by Engelmann of Montmartre after a drawing by Villeneuve. The view of Nice is from Mont Boron. The lithograph has been trimmed and laid down probably in nineteenth century. Light foxing not obtrusive.Would frame perfectly. Overall very good condition for this scarce view Cartographer : Engelmann Date : 1830 Paris Size : 19*28.5 cms image only. £85 Website code : M5010
14. PROMENADE DES ANGLAIS NICE Very rare duotone lithograph of Promenade Des Anglais Nice. The artist & lithographer Guiard for The Libraire du Pont Neuf Nice. Delbecchi was the publisher. Very finely engraved..showing buildings and people in fine detail. A rare collectors item Mint condition. Cartographer : Guiard Date : 1750c Nice / Paris Size : 16*22 cms £150 code : M3503
15. NICE Superb lithograph from a painting by Lebreton Printed by Gosselin Paris,publisher Gadola at Lyon. Certainly the finest Lithograph of Nice. Tinted lthograph from the road to Villefranche showing the Port and Town with Cap D'Antibes and the Esterel in the distance. Excellent condition for this rare and beautiful tinted Litho. I have never seen another example . Cartographer : LeBreton. Gosselin Date : 1850 Lyon Size : 34*48cms sheet 38*54 cms £795 Website code M4400
16. NICE VUE PRISE DE LA VILLA VANANSON Superb lithograph from Nice et Savoie. Palm tree and contemporary dress and carriage. The old town in background. Mint condition. Cartographer : Benoist/Charpentier Date : 1860 Paris Size : 25*32 cms sheet 34*50 cms £200 Website code : M5011
17. NICE FEMMES ET PECHEURS DE NICE Superb lithograph of fishermen and women on the beach at Ponchettes Nice. This is sought after because of the representation of clothes,hats of the period. From 'Nice Et Savoie' 1860 Original tinted lithograph in mint condition. Cartographer : Benoist/Charpentier Date : 1860 Paris Size : 25*31cms £300 Website code : M4806
18. NICE VUE PRISE DE L'EXTREMITE DE MONT BORON Superb lithograph from Nice et Savoie. Nice and the coast and contemporary dress and carriage. Steam boat and sailing boats in background. Mint condition. Cartographer : Benoist/Charpentier Date : 1860 Paris Size : 25*32 cms sheet 34*50 cms £200 Website code : M5012
20. DEPT DES ALPES MARITIMES Very attractive Levasseur map of Alpes Maritimes. Rare in so much as it was the only edition of the Atlas to include Alpes Maritimes after the creation of Italy and the consequently the Deapartment of Alpes Maritimes. Also this last edition was the only edition with block colour. Very good condition Cartographer : Victor Levasseur Date : 1860c Paris Size : 29*43 cms £120 Website code : M3574
19. NICE NIZZA Rare tinted lithograph of Nice by F C Wentzel and printed in Wissembourg Alsace. View is from the unusual angle above the new port of Nice. Boats in Port, figures in foreground Original lithographic colour Good condition Cartographer : F C Wentzel Date : 1860 Wissembourg Size : 22*30 cms £120 Website code M4676
21. MONACO , CAPO DI SANT' SPIRITO Full Title: Albrik der Dreyen gegenemander Correspondierenden Bestungen Monaco Rare and the earliest available map/view to show Monaco. Attractive but rather fanciful depiction of area.Really superb copper engraving with fortification,compass rose,ships and galleys.Title and legend in banner style. Good hand colour Very good condition. Cartographer : Matthaus MERIAN Date : 1640c Frankfurt Size : 22*38 cms £350 Website code : M4890
22. PLAN DE MONACO Superb and rare plan of Monaco with excellent hand colour. Decorative cartouche. Rhumb lines. Legend and distance bar. Printed on heavy paper tiny spot otherwise Very condition for this very sought after map of Monaco. Cartographer : Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN Date : 1764 Paris Size : 23*19cms £285 Website code : M3976
23. RUINES DU MONUMENT DE LA TURBIE PRES DE MONACO Rare large eighteenth century engraving of La Turbie The Trophy of Augustus Near Monaco. The Tropaeum Alpium (Latin for "Victory Monument of the Alps", French: Trophée des Alpes), was built by the Romans for the emperor Augustus to celebrate his definitive victory over the ancient tribes who populated the Alps. Very fine engraving by Piringer. Very good condition. Cartographer : Piringer Date : 1780c Size : 44*30 cms sheet 57*40 cms £125 Website code : M3509
24. TORRE DELLA CITTA DI TORBIA NELLA CONTEA DI NIZZA Attractive small copper engraving by Salmon of La Turbie. Original antique print of the Tropaeum Alpium, a Roman trophy (tropaeum) celebrating the emperor Augustus's decisive victory over the tribes who populated the Alps. The monument's ruins are in La Turbie (France), a few kilometers from the Principality of Monaco. This print originates from 'Lo stato presente di tutti i paesi e popoli del mondo naturale (..)' by Thomas Salmon. Very good condition Cartographer : Salmon Date : 1753 Size : 17.5*10.5 cms £30 Website code : M5013
25. CHATEAU DE MONACO Excellent tinted lithograph of the Chateau by Guiaud and printed by Lemercier. Published by Delbecchi Nice; Scarce duotone lithograph. A mint example of this sought after lithograph. Cartographer : Guiaud Lemercier Date : 1855 Paris Size : 19*22cms inc Text £245 Website code : M5014
26. MONACO COAST OF GENOA Rare attractive and large lithograph of Monaco by J.D.Harding (17971863) member of Society of Water Colour Painters. Superb tinted lithograph..Good size Litho. Harding's 'Sketches at Home and Abroad' was a milestone in the development of colour printing. For the first time more than one lithographic stone was used, allowing different tones to be printed. Harding drew his own sketches onto the stones, which were then printed by Charles Hullmandel, the leading lithographic printer. The print run was limited to 1000 copies. Mint condition for this sought after lithograph Cartographer : Harding.J.D. Date : 1836 London Size : 27*38cms £295 Website code : M4152
27. MONACO MONTE CARLO CARTA TOPOGRAPHICA DEL PRINCIPATO DI MONACO This is the rare ist edition of this map which is printed on hand made paper (unlike the second which is on machinemade paper) and predates the Railway line. Original outline colour; some very minor spotting to the margins otherwise fine condition. A detailed map of the Pricipality of Monaco, with inset plan of the city and harbour, with numbered key listing the important locations. Cartographer : CASTELLINI, G. C. Date : 1840c Size : 52*34cms £275 Website code : M1462
28. VILLE FRANCHE CAP FERRAT Attractive uncommon birds eye view / plan of Villefranche & Cap Ferrat. Good strong impression. Old library stamp in margin. Dated 1692 but later. Very good condition. Cartographer : DE FER Nicolas Date : 1710c Paris Size : 15*22 cms on sheet 27*35cms £130 Website code : M3181
29. PLAN DE LA BAYE DE VILLE-FRANCHE Uncommon chart / map of the bay of Villefranche and part of Cap Ferrat. Anchorages, rhumb lines and depths marked. Nice cartouche. Very good hand colour. Excellent condition. Cartographer : Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN Date : 1754 Paris Size : 22*18 cms £120 Website code : M3335
30. VILLA FRANCA by Albanis de Beaumont A very rare sepia aquatint of Villefranche.. France. Attractive view of the popular French Riviera resort and town of Villefranche-sur-Mer by Albanis Beaumont (1753-1810). Printed by T. Bensley, and published for William Faden in London. Beaumont was born in Piedmont, but naturalised in England. This print is from a scarce book of Travels through The Maritime Alps from Italy to Lyons, across the Col de Tende by way of Nice, Provence. This is a superb quality aquatint ..rare in the the 1790's. Mint condition only other example I can find is a cleaned version at £1,000.. Cartographer : Albanis Date : 1794 Size : 25*31 cms sheet 27.5*40.5 cms £495 Website code : M3348
31.VUE DE VILLEFRANCHE Rare tinted lithograph of Villefranche. Lithograph by Lemercier from a drawing by Cockx and a rare Nice publication by Visconti. High quality tinted lithograph ..with ships and a boat with passengers in foreground Mint condition **only the second I have seen in 30 years Cartographer : Cockx Date : 1860c Nice Size : 23*29 cms on sheet 31*40 cms £145 Website code : M4980
32. ANTIBES by TASSIN Rare birds eye view of Antibes by Tassin. First available printed map of Antibes. From 'plans et profilz de toutes les principals villes..'. Cartouche, galleons etc. Excellent hand colour. Good margins Very good condition. Cartographer : Nicolas Tassin Date : 1635 Paris Size : 11*16cms £120 Website code : M3866
33. GOWERNEMENT D'ANTIBES Rare and attractive little map of the area inland from Antibes and Cannes from Vence, Grasse, Valbonne, Biot & Mougins. From 'plans et profilz de toutes les principals villes..'. Hand colour Very good condition Cartographer : Nicolas Tassin Date : 1638 Paris Size : 11*15 cms £95 Website code : M4954
35. PLAN DE VILLE ET PORT D'ANTIBES Highly detailed, engraved port plan of Antibes, France on the French Riviera or Cote d'Azur, based on information that was current as of 1720. Highlighted by a colored compass rose oriented with north to bottom right, this old antique chart / plan shows Antibes surrounded by Vauban-style defensive walls. Key noted features include "le Chateau", land and sea entrances (ports), le mole or jetty, the Fort d'Antibes and a beach leading to Nice - "Plage qui conduit a Nice." Numerous soundings, underwater hazards, and anchorages are noted in and near Antibes harbor. This nautical chart was produced in 1727 by French hydrographers and galley (galère, Fr.) pilot Henry Michelot and Laurens Bremond Cartographer : Michelot Bremond Date : 1720/7 Marseille Size : 28*25 cms £235 Website code : M4769
34. ANTIBES Attractive coloured map of Antibes by De Fer Good copper plate plan with detailed layout of the fortifications Excellent colour Very good condition Cartographer : DE FER Nicolas Date : 1705 Size : 19*25.5cms £95 Website code : M4295
35. ENVIRONS DE CASTELLANE ET ANTIBES Uncommon map.Attractive and highly detailed copper engraved map of Provence region, France, centered on Antibes and Nice. The map provides excellent topographic detail on cities, rivers and mountains. Many place names not on larger maps marked , Valbonne, Chateau neuf, Cabris etc. Original outline colour Folds as issued Very good condition for this rare map. Publication :Theatre de la Guerre en Italie ou Carte Nouvelle Des Principauté de Piémont, Republique de Genes, Duchés de Milan, Plaisance et Confins, Assujettie aux Observations Astronomiques de Latitude et de Longitude Dédiée et présentée au Roy Par ses très humbles, Obeissants et fidele Sujets, G. Dheulland et R. Julien. A Paris, Dheulland & Julien, 1748. Cartographer : Dheulland Julien Date : 1748 Size : 23*32 cms £135 Website code M4434
36. PLAN D'ANTIBES Attractive Bellin chart of Antibes unusually in original wash colour. Very good condition. Cartographer : Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN Date : 1754 Paris Size : 23*19 cms £95 Website code : M3128
37. PLAN D'ANTIBES ET ENVIRONS Rare chart of the Cap D'Antibes by Bellin. Detailed with depths & anchorages. Port of Antibes shown with depths etc. Decorative cartouche. Cropped tight on left hand side. Excellent hand colour Very good condition. From Bellin's Petit Atlas Maritime.. Only one edition with this map. Cartographer : Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN Date : 1764 Paris Size : 23*17.5 cms £135 Website code : M4401
38. LE PORT D'ANTIBES EN PROVENCE Superb and now quitre rare large elephant folio engraving by Cochin from Vernet. From the Series Ports De France.Claude-Joseph Vernet's greatest commission was a series of pictures of the ports of France (Paris, Musee de la Marine). Galleons in the harbour, Fort Carre .The Fortified town of Antibes with the Cap Behind. Figures in foreground. This is a fine example of the quality of French Eighteenth century engraving. Antibes is one of the rarer and most sought after. Uncoloured as issued. Very good condition. Highly recommended. Cartographer : Vernet Cochin Date : 1762 Paris Size : 54*76 cms £1395 Website code : M3342
39. HARBOUR OF ANTIBES A very rare sepia aquatint of Antibes. Superb view of the popular French Riviera harbour of Antibes by Albanis De Beaumont (1753-1810). Printed by T. Bensley, and published for William Faden in London. Beaumont was born in Piedmont, but naturalised in England. This print is from a scarce book of Travels through The Maritime Alps from Italy to Lyons, across the Col de Tende by way of Nice, Provence. This is a superb quality aquatint ..rare in the the 1790’s. Mint condition Beaumont was born in Piedmont, but naturalised in England. Between the years 1787 and 1806 he published a great number of views in the south of France, in the Alps, and in Italy. This print is from a scarce book of Travels through The Maritime Alps from Italy to Lyons, across the Col de Tende by way of Nice, Provence, Languedoc etc. Prints of this calibre and of this region are uncommon and desirable. Cartographer : Albanis De Beaumont Date : 1794 London Size : 22*31 cms £450 Website code : M4786
40. ANTIBES Rare plan of the port of Antibes. By William Heather (1764-1812) was and engraver and chart publisher in London. After working at first for the teacher in navigation and publisher John Hamilton Moore Heather set up in business on his own in 1793. He first specialized in publishing charts of British waters. English text ...'Dangerous rocks etc'. Depths and anchorages. Only detail is J.S. is John Stephenson the engraver. Original / early colour Slight pleasant toning Very good condition for this rare little map. Heather specialized in supplying charts to the merchant trade, operating from the Navigation Warehouse at 157 Leadenhall Street, at 'The Sign of the Little Midshipman', a ship's figurehead suspended outside. The premises were immortalized by Charles Dicken's 1846 novel 'Dombey and Son' as the shop kept by Sol Gils: the 'Little Midshipman' was illustrated in the book. Cartographer : Heather / Stephenson Date : 1802/ London Size : 16*19.5 cms £95 Website code : M4095
41.ANTIBES VUE DU PORT ET DE LA VILLE D'ANTIBES Rare and beautiful original hand colour example of one of the finest engravings of Antibes. By Garneray from his Vue Des Villes Et Rades De France. One of the most delicately engraved aquatints I have come across. Small repair on back not affecting print. Near mint condition. Cartographer : Garneray.L Date : 1840 Paris Size : 24*34 cms £275 Website code : M2701
42. PLAN DU PORT D'ANTIBES Uncommon chart of Antibes by Pierre Henri Gauttier originally a sea captain out of Marseille Interesting especially for the lay out of the old town and the fortifications in 1860. Depths etc. Excellent original hand colour Mint condition. Publication "Recueil des Plans des Ports & Rades de la Mer Méditerranée de la Mer Noire & de la Mer d'Azof" Cartographer : Pierre Henri Gauttier Date : 1862 MARSEILLE Size : 24*17 cms £110 Website code : M4387
43. DESCRIPTION DES ISLES DE STE MARGRITE & ST HONORAT Full title: Description Des Isles de Ste. Margrite et St. Honorat et des Forts et Redouttes que les Espagnols y ont faintz et la Reprise de partie desditz Forts et Redouttes par l'Armee Navalle de sa Majeste Commandee par Monsieur le Comte de Harcour . . . 1637 Tavernier’s very rare large map of the Bay of Cannes with the Isles Lerins of St Marguerite and Sy Honorat. The map shows the battle of the Isles de Lerins, during the Franco-Spanish War (Thirty Years War), fought between March 24 and May 13, 1637. The battle resulted in the Spanish surrender of the two islands of Sainte Marguerite and Saint Honorat to the French. Map has been professionally cleaned and has later hand colour . Very good condition Melchior Tavernier was a member of a large family involved in the publishing trade in Paris in the early years of the seventeenth century. Early in his career, he apparently collaborated with Henricus Hondius, as at least one of his early maps references Tavernier as the seller of a map engraved in Amsterdam, by Hondius. Cartographer : Melchoir Tavernier Date : 1637 Paris Size : 41*54 cms £495 Website code : M4520
44. PLAN DE LA BAYE DU GOURIEN ET DES ISLES ST MARGUERITE A manuscript map based on the Ayrouard map of the same name. The Ayrouard map came from 'Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades et de Quelque Cartes Particulieres de la Mer Mediterranee. 1762'. Cannes marked a Cane. Much detail and a good quality manuscript map probably executed around 1800. A couple of stains but overall good condition for this unique map. Cartographer : Jacques Ayrouard Date : 1762/ + France Size : 33.5*46 cms £200 Website code : M5015
45. PLAN DE LA RADE DE GOURJEAN Rare double page chart of the Bay of Cannes and Juan Les Pins with the Isles Lerins. Anchorages rhumb lines etc. Cartouche with scale bar. Unusual in that the map has full original wash colour. Mint Condition. Cartographer : Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN Date : 1764 Paris Size : 23*35 cms £225 Website code : M3259
46. CANNES VUE PRISE DE LA PLAGE PRES DU CASINO The very rare Cannes lithograph from supplement to Nice et Savoie ..Alpes Maritimes. This is the most sought after of the 2 Cannes plates Depicts where the Croisette is now and Le Souquet in the background. Nice et savoie was a highly succesful plate book from the 1850's and after the creation of the Alpes Maritimes in 1860 a supplement was printed in 1864 and a few of the towns in the newly created department were included. These include Antibes & Cannes. Very few were actually printed and consequently these lithographs are rare. Duotone lithograph in mint condition. Cartographer : Benoist/Charpentier Date : 1864 Paris Size : 28*34 cms £350 Website code : M3505
47. CANNES Uncommon view of Cannes. Very fine copper engraving.. not clear in photo. Shows Le Suquet old town and little else. Ships in Bay There are very few engravings of Cannes Very good condition. Cartographer : ANON Date : 1825c Paris Size : 11.5*16 cms £35 Website code : M4305
48. MARSEILLE Beautiful birds eye plan of the oldest city in France, probably derived from Sebastian Munster's similar plan. The harbor is defended by three large forts, with a floating gate guarding the harbor entrance. The city is dominated by the 12th century cathedral and a cartouche at top contains the key to the major buildings. Levantine trading ships are shown in the surrounding sea and harbor, and people are shown seine fishing from an offshore island. Uncoloured as originally issued. An excellent example of one of the most decorative early city plans. Ref: Goss (City) #33. Cartographer : BRAUN & HOGENBERG Date : 1575 Cologne Size : 32*35 cms £395 Website code : M3550
49. MASSILIA MARSEILLE Good copper engraving of Marseille. A birds eye view of the town and the Gulf of Lion. Unusual in that there is an empty banner at bootom of engraving, not on most other Merian views of Marseille. Pleasant age toning. Very good condition Cartographer : Matthaus MERIAN Date : 1638 Frankfurt Size : 21*33 cms £150 Website code : M5016
50. VOYAGE AIRIEN MARSEILLE Superb lithograph of Marseille from the series Voyage Airien En France..Travels in a hot air balloon; These lithographs are highly sought after. Duotone lithograph showing the port. Very good condition for this rare view of Marseille Cartographer : Guesdon / Lemercier Date : 1860 c Paris Size : 30*45 cms £475 Website code : M3935
51. AIX IN DEM GOUVERNEMENT PROVENCE Rare plan of Aix en Provence in 1700. Depicts the layout of the city that probably hasnt changed to this day. River running through it , Churches etc Outside the city walls the gardens and orchards are finely shown. Excellent hand colour Mint condition Cartographer : BODENEHR Gabriel Date : 1720 Augsberg Size : 14.5*25 cms £125 Website code : M4655
52. PROVINCIA LA PROVENCE Superb folio map of Provence by Johannes Janssonius. Based like all the early maps of Provence on the the 1580's Bommpario map. Three decorative cartouches, Compass rose, Galleon etc make this a classic decorative printed map Excellent original colour. Very good condition. References: Van der Krogt 1, 4700:1B.2. Cartographer : JANSSONIUS Johannes Date : 1640 Amsterdam Size : 39*51cms £595 Website code : M4690
53. PROVINCIA AUCTORE PETRO JOANNE BOMPARIO Superb map of Provence. Interestingly this map came from Theatre Geographique de la France Contenant les Cartes et Description Particulieres des Provinces d'iceluy Royaume. A Paris, Chez Melchior Tavernier, Graveur & Imprimeur du Roy pou les Cartes Geographiques, 1643. Tavernier used or bought the french regional maps from Blaeu/Janzoon or reprinted the plates. An attractive and detailed map of the French region of Provence. Sailing ships and decorative compass roses adorn the waters of the Mediterranean, whilst the French royal arms appear boldly near the title cartouche. Finely engraved and with attractive original colour, this map exemplifies the Blaeu style. The family's publishing endeavours ensured their maps were, and still are, renowned for the consummate care and attention apparent in every stage of production - using only the best paper. Excellent hand colour. Very good condition. Cartographer : Blaeu Family Date : 1643 Amsterdam Size : 39*54.5cms £500 Website code : M4872
54. CARTE DE PROVENCE Uncommon small and charming map of Provence by Nicomlas Tassin. Cartouche, galleon mile bar. Good hand colour. Right margin extended for framing with no loss to map Good condition Cartographer : Nicolas Tassin Date : 1645c Paris Size : 10.5*15 cms £85 Website code : M3844
55. COMTE ET GOUVERNEMENT DE PROVENCE A rare map by Mr Samson printed for and in Janssonius Atlas Nouveau. Probably based on Sanson and a later revised map of Provence, Jansson using the most up to date info for the 1652 + editions of his atlas chose the Samson map. Decorative cartouches. Excellent hand colour, Very good condition. REF Rivages & Terres de Provence by M.Pastoureau. p82 Koeman Vis 19, P. 169-170 Cartographer : JANSSONIUS Johannes Date : 1660c Amsterdam Size : 44*54 cms £450 Website code : M4392
56. PROVENCE LE GOUVERNEMENT GENERAL DE PROVENCE DIVISE EN SES VIGUERIES Rare and attractive very large map of the whole of Provence. This map is 2 folio sheets joined in 1696 and comes from Jaillot's very rare atlas .Uncommon in that the body has full wash colour. Cartouches uncoloured as issued. This is the earlier edition before the plates were taken to Amsterdam and maps isued by Covens & Mortier.Very good condition. The largest available map of Provence. Excellent original hand colour Very good condition A rare item in very good condition Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (1632-1712), was a French cartographer. He joined the Sanson heirs and redrew Nicolas Sanson's maps on a larger scale. 'Atlas Nouveau' (1674), sea-atlas ' Le Neptune François' (1693). Cartographer : JAILLOT & COLLABORATORS Date : 1696 Paris Size : 58*85cms £795 Website code : M5017
57. PROVENCE CARTE DE PROVENCE A stunning map of Provence France first drawn by Daniel de la Feuille in 1706. Flanked on either side by views and plans of important Provençal cities. These are, from top left: Avignon, Embrun, Le Pont St. Esprit, Veue de Nice, Plan de Nice, Fort de Brigancon et Isles D'Yeres, Canal de Marteus, Marseille, Toulon, Antibes, Chateau D'If, Aix, Goulphe de Grimaut, St. Tropez and Orange. Title in Dutch in lower left quadrant. Title in French surmounted by the crowned armorial crest of Provence appears in the lower right quadrant. Full original colour. Fold. Good condition Cartographer : LA FEUILLE Daniel Date : 1706 Size : 17.5*26cms £225 Website code : M1711
58. PROVINCIA INDIGENIS DICTA LA PROVENCE A beautiful and highly detailed map of Provence in southern France that covers the region from Arles to Monaco. It provides a great deal of information with place names, castles, monasteries, rivers, lakes, woods, mountains and fortifications prominently engraved. Locates Nice, St. Tropez, and much more. The map features an inset map of the Battle of Toulon of 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession. The extravagant title cartouche shows noblemen emptying their coffers to Marshall General Villars in support of the war. Very crisp impression with strong, original full color. Very good condition; Cartographer : Homann J.B. Date : 1715c Nuremberg Size : 49*58 cms £345 Website code : M3301
59. PROVENCE PROVINCIA GALLIS LA PROVENCE Stunning map of Provence with two superb cartouches Good strong original colour on map and later colour on cartouches. This Seutter map of Provence one of the most attractive and sought after 18th centuery maps of Provence. Mint condition. Cartographer : SEUTTER Family Date : 1730 Augsburg Size : 50*58 cms £585 code : M4797
60. CARTA GEOGRAFICA DEL GOUVERNODELLA PROVENZA Decorative map of Provence with superb cartouche..ships fishermen,putti etc .Compass rose. Covers the area of the Southern coast of France from Marseille to Nice, showing the river Durance with the Italian border and part of Piemonte. Flattened folds As issued Good hand colour. Very good condition. Cartographer : Albrizzi Giovani Date : 1740c Venice Size : 33*43 cms £150 Website code : M4511
61. PLAN DE ST TORPES Rare chart of the St Tropez by Bellin. Rhumb lines All fortifications marked. Decorative cartouche. Excellent hand colour Very good condition. From Bellin's Petit Atlas Maritime..Only one edition with this map. Cartographer : Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN Date : 1764 Paris Size : 23*17.5 cms £125 Website code : M4402
62. PROVENCE GOUVERNEMENT DE PROVENCE Superb decorative map of Provence set inside decorative borders and descrptive text. By Louis Desnos. Original wash colour. Cartouche. Very good condition. Cartographer : DESNOS Louis Date : 1768 Paris Size : 40*56cms £245 Website code : M1425
63. DAS DEPARTEMENT DES FLUSSES VAR Uncommon atractive map of the Var. From Toulon to Antibes Good map for physical features with all forests and rivers shown. The roads existing in late eighteenth century even differentiating between major and minor roads. Title held up by a tree. Excellent hand colour Mint condition Cartographer : REILLY VON Franz Johann Joseph Date : 1789 Vienna Size : 23*28 cms £120 Website code : M4733
64. DEPARTMENT DU VAR ..PAR L'ASSEMBLE NATIONALE 10 FEVRIER 1790 Very attractive and detailed map of The Var , the first to be printed after the Revolution. Printed in the Atlas National de France 1790. Engraved by François d'Houdan (1748-1828). The "Bureau de l'Atlas National" was active from Rue de la Harpe n.26 and from the Cabinet Bibliographique, Rue de la Monnoye 5 in Paris. Fantastic detail of Roads, Rivers, Forests etc all embellished with full original wash colour. Centre fold Very good condition Cartographer : François d'Houdan Date : 1790 Paris Size : 53*62 cms £165 Website code : M3564
65. COTES DE FRANCE DEPARTMENS DES BOUCHES DU RHONE ET DU VAR Rare large sea chart of the Mediterranean coast of France from the Carmague to Villefranche. This up to date map from new surveys carried out by ST JacquesSylvabelle and Bernard Marine Astronomers. Interestingly published in 'Premier An De La Republique Francaise' .. the first year of The New French Republic. Very detailed with all the depths , anchorages and hazardous rocks marked.Rhum lines , tables of latitude and longtitude etc. Very good condition. *Rare map Museum piece in this condition. Cartographer : St Jacques-Sylvabelle Date : 1792 Marseilles Size : 57*86 cms £325 Website code : M3193
66. DEPARTMENT DES ALPES MARITIMES Rare map printed in 1802 of the first incarnation of the department Alpes Maritimes created under Napoleon and only covering the area from the Var as far as Menton and inland to Puget Thenieres and Beuil. By 1812 the region had reverted to Comte De Nice et Savoie. The Department as is today was created in 1860 on the unification of Italy. As far as I know this is the only printing of the forst Alpes Maritimes Original outline colour Very good condition. Cartographer : P.G Chanlaire Date : 1802 Paris Size : 19.5*21 cms £95 Website code : M4588
67. COAST OF FRANCE FROM THE RHONE TO THE VAR Rare and attractive map of the coast of France from the Carmargue to Nice. Detailed with sea depths and rocksetc marked. Finely engraved with original wash colour Very good condition for this uncommon map Cartographer : Faden Date : 1805 London Size : 22*32 cms £85 Website code : M4097
68. CONTEA DI NIZZA Very Rare 19th century lithograph with original hand colour. It appears to have been to come from "Famiglie celebri italiane" (Milan, 1819-53): the history of the celebrated families of Italy. The work was published in installments, each dedicated to a family by Count Pomponio Litta. Heraldic devices of Nizza, Villafranca, Sospello & Tenda. Nice Monaco Mento Tende Sospel etc marked.Roads Countours of Hills Mountains, Rivers ..Finely engraved with much detail. I can only find examples of maps from this publication in Bibliotheque National De France and Princeton Libraries. Cropped at the bottom and 2 tiny holes Otherwise good example of this very rare document. Cartographer : ANON Date : 1840 Milan Size : 48*64 cms £275 Website code : M3637
69. CARTE DU DEPARTMENT DES ALPES MARITIMES ANCIEN COMTE DE NICE Attractive lithographic map of the Alpes Maritimes, probably the first after the creation of the Department after the unification of Italy. From the rare supplement to Nice et Savoie printed once only in small numbers on the creation of the Dept. Felix Benoist the lithographer Very good condition Cartographer : Benoist/Charpentier Date : 1861 Paris Size : 35*26 cms £95 Website code : M3752