France

Though credited on the title-page under his pen-name ‘Aleph’, William Harvey himself gives all the credit for this series of comic maps to a “young...

Condition & Materials Circular folding map of the environs of Paris, 79 x 79 cm, engraved by Barrière (Pére) after Bariolle, black and white, d...

Gallia Augustiniana in suas provincias divisa… A map of Roman Gaul, with Lotter’s imprint. In 1756 Lotter succeeded his father-in-law, Georg Mattha...

Départment de la Corse A map of Corsica from an edition of Levasseur’s ‘Atlas National Illustré’. Condition & Materials Steel engraving, engrav...

Rumiliacum vulgo Rumilly Blaeu’s townbook of Savoy and Piedmont was first published by the Blaeu heirs in 1682, but the plates were purchased and r...

Moustiers Blaeu’s townbook of Savoy and Piedmont was first published by the Blaeu heirs in 1682, but the plates were purchased and reissued (with B...

Camberium / Chambery Blaeu’s townbook of Savoy and Piedmont was first published by the Blaeu heirs in 1682, but the plates were purchased and reiss...

Ultimately derived from the SDUK but reflecting Haussman’s redevelopment of the city centre under Napoleon III, our example is from one of the last...

This map of Paris was printed locally by the German military governor for German servicemen on leave in the occupied city, and both map and guide f...

This educational handkerchief (why not?) is in the same format as the series of thirteen 'mouchoirs militaire d'instructions' patented by the comma...

Britannia et Normandia cum consiniis This map of Brittany and Normandy was engraved by Jodocus Hondius for the ‘Atlas Minor’. Condition & Mater...

Environs de Paris This is a later state of Robert de Vaugondy’s road map of Italy, showing the Venetian Republic, Papal States, Kingdom of Naples e...

La France divisée suivant ses Provinces ou Gouvernemens Militaires This map of France is coloured by departments, with a table listing different fo...

Les Vignobles de France – Vins de Champagne Government and national wine trade bodies sponsored Louis Larmat’s regional wine atlases in the 1940s a...

This plan of Douai (Duacum) in northern France was published in the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, one of the most significant cartographic works of the...

Carte de la Normandie, divisée par Generalités et subdivisée par Elections Condition & Materials Folding map of Normandy, 68 x 102.5 cm, origin...

Sketch illustrative of the operations in the vicinity of Bayonne during the winter of 1813. Against the Light Division at the village of Arcangues ...

L’Isle de France, Parisiensis Ager The historic Île-de-France region is to the north of Paris (the modern province has Paris at its centre). The 'A...

Faden, William: Le Petit Neptune Français; or, French Coasting Pilot, for the Coast of Flanders, Channel, Bay of Biscay, and Mediterranean. To whic...

This map of the French island of Corsica, ruled by the Genoese in the 17th century and included in the Italian volume of Blaeu’s atlas, is oriented...

Van den Broecke stresses the significance of this map of Gaul: “in contrast to plate Ort 194 [Gallia vetus, based on Caesar’s commentaries], this m...

James Playfair (1738-1819) was Historiographer to the Prince of Wales and Rector of St Andrews. A comprehensively revised edition of his atlas, "el...

Parte Occidentale/Orientale del Governo Generale d’Orleans This map of the Duchy of Orleans is from Mercurio Geografico, an unusual and finely engr...

Governo Generale dell’Isola Di Francia (Île-de-France) This map of Île-de-France is from Mercurio Geografico, an unusual and finely engraved work. ...

Il Ducato di Bar diviso ne suoi tre Baliaggi de Barleduc, di S. Michel, e Bassigny […] e li Territorii della Citta e Vescovati di Metz, Tul e Verdu...

Il Ducato di Lorena (Lorraine) This map of Lorraine is from Mercurio Geografico, an unusual and finely engraved work. Condition & Materials Cop...

This map of Ancient Gaul was engraved on the basis of Caesar’s commentaries on the Gallic Wars, his first hand account of the campaign. The text on...

Alsatia Superior cum Suntgoia et Brisgoia The original Mercator Atlas (parts published from 1585 onwards) was not a commercial success; the copper ...

A map of the French Alps, the Dauphiné, incuding Grenoble. The borders are those defined by the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) and the cartouche (putti m...

This map of Quercy (Cadurcium) was engraved by Pieter van den Keere for the Atlas Minor, a pocket atlas derived from Mercator's cartography and pub...

This plan of Metz in northeastern France is from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, one of the most significant cartographic works of the late sixteenth...

This plan of Valenciennes in northern France is from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, one of the most significant cartographic works of the late sixte...

This map includes French town plans after Belleforest on one sheet: Autun in Burgundy and Nevers in Bourgogne. They are from the Civitates Orbis Te...

This map of Mons in Belgium is shown with Arras in northern France. It is from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, one of the most significant cartograph...

This map of Île-de-France, the Paris region north of the Seine, is from the Atlas Minor. The original plates were engraved by Jodocus Hondius, but ...

Tabula Europae III This map of Ptolemaic Gaul, with galleon and sea monster added to the plate by Giuseppe Rosaccio, is from the fourth edition of ...

Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 28.5 x 35 cm, original hand-colour map of the Duchy of Lorraine, blank verso.

This map of Toulon was engraved by BR Davies after WB Clarke. Condition & Materials Steel engraving, 33 x 40 cm, original hand colour, blank ve...

This map of France was engraved by J & C Walker after T Hewett Key. Condition & Materials Steel engraving, approx 33 x 35 cm, original hand...

France divided into Metropolitan Circles and Departments This map was engraved by Samuel John Neele for the atlas volume to Cruttwell’s Gazeteer, p...

Plan of the Battle of Malplaquet gained by the Allies Sep. 11 1709 Marlborough’s bloodiest victory was often regarded as pyrrhic even by contempora...

Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 10.5 x 12.6 cm, original hand-colour, lightly browned, blank verso; leaf from the same work, with the ...

Condition & Materials A chart of Sète in southern France, copper engraving, 14 x 20 cm, black and white as issued, blank verso. 

This map of Lyons was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Archontologia Cosmica and Theatrum Europaeum. Condition &am...

This regional map of France is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 15 x 10.5 cm, recent hand-colo...

This map of France is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 15 x 10.5 cm, recent hand-colour, French...

France/Paîs Bas This map of France and the Low Countries is from Mallet’s ‘Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 15...

This map of France is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 15 x 10.5 cm, recent hand-colour, light ...