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69 - [Maps]. [France]. Set of 4 engraved maps, 16th–17th centurie…
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[Maps]. [France]. Set of 4 engraved maps, 16th–17th centuries. 1. [PTOLEMY (Claude), FRIES (Lorenz)]. Europae tabula tertia continet Galliam [title of the text on the verso]. Wood-engraved map, partly coloured. 31 x 40 cm, on a sheet measuring 41 x 55 cm (slight browning). Edition published around 1545 of this map compiled by L. Fries based on Ptolemy. 2. ORTELIUS. Galliae veteris typus. 1594. Copperplate engraving, 39 x 49.5 cm, partly coloured, Latin text on verso (slight traces of dust). 3. MÜNSTER. New Description of Gaul. [Basel, Münster, between 1544 and 1628]. Woodcut map, coloured, 25 x 34.5 cm, title outside the frame, text in French on the verso. 4. MÜNSTER. On Gaul and its location [title on the verso]. [Basel, Münster, 16th century]. A woodcut map, 8 x 13.5 cm, on a fragment of a printed page, taken from the work ‘Cosmographie universelle’. 4 sheets in total.
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