Les plans et profils de tovtes les principales villes et lievx considerables de France and Des plans de Tassin
Description:
par le Sieur Tassin geographe ordinaire de la Majeste. Relief shown pictorially. Indexes precede map sections: Table de Brie; Table de Picardie; Table de Champagne; Table de Lorraine; Table de Bretagne; Table de Normandie; Table de l'isle de France. Vellum binding. First 2 and last 2 pages blank (included in page description). Engraved title page, and head and tail-pieces throughout. Dedication on title page: Avec privilege du Roy; followed by dedication text on pages 3-6. Descriptive text at beginning. Decorative cartouches, compass roses, bar scales, ships. Maps show bird's eye views of cities, including surrounding topography, vegetation, waterways, ports. Maps numbered, in upper right, according to placement in each section.
Creator:
Tassin, Christophe Nicolas, -1660 and Tavernier, Melchior, -1641
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