Antique Engraving of the Regions of France with 36 Coats of Arms, 1732

Antique print titled 'Nouvelle Carte Genealogique de la Maison Royale de France (..)'. Set of two prints depicting a genealogical chart of the Royal ...

Antique print titled 'Carte des Prerogatives des Rois et de la Noblesse d'Angleterre (..)'. Old print showing the privileges of the monarchy and nobles of Great Britain as well as th...

Antique print titled 'Genealogie de la Maison Palatine (..)'. Chart of the genealogy of the Palatinate (Die Pfalz) and Bavarian (Baiern) Houses. Shows the coats of arms of both Elect...

Antique map titled 'La France suivant les nouvelles Observations de Messrs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences etc.'. Rare map of France with beautiful title cartouche and decorative b...

1640 Joan Bleau map entitled "Diocecese de rheims et le pais de rethel," Ric.a011 OAN BLAEU Diocecese de Rheims, et le pais de Rethel. Handcolored engraving, c.1640. ...

This double-page etching with contemporary coloring, entitled Accuratissima Galliae Tabula [...], was realized by the cartographer Frederick de Wit for the famous Atlas published in ...

La Terre Sainte, The Holy Land, Tiree Des Memoires De M.De.La Rue. Par N. de Fer. Geographe de Sa Majeste Catoliq et de Monseigneur le Dauphin. Avec Privil du Roi 1703 Detailed map of the Holy Land from Nicholas de Fer's L'Atlas Curieux ou le Monde. East is oriented at the top. MAKER Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720 The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy. Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V...

Antique Map - Gallia is an antique map realized in 1650 by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664). The Map is Hand-colored etching, with coeval watercoloring. Good conditions with slight ...