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France in Departments
Cartographer / Artist: Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E. / W. & A.K. Johnston
Date: c. 1865
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 24.0 x 20.5 inches
Location: France
A finely engraved mid-19th-century map detailing France's post-revolutionary departments, supplemented by inset maps depicting historical provinces, the Paris environs, and Corsica.
La France par Generalités, dressée Par M. Bonne, Ingénieur-Hydrographe de la Marine
Cartographer / Artist: Rigobert Bonne; Gaspard André (engraver)
Date: c. 1780
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 13.2 x 9.2 inches
Location: France
An attractive 18th-century map depicting France divided into its pre-Revolutionary generalities, detailed with major cities, rivers, and coastal features.
Western Division of Paris / Eastern Division of Paris
Cartographer / Artist: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK) / Edward Stanford
Date: c. 1856
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 28.1 x 16.2 inches
Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France
A detailed two-sheet mid-19th-century plan of Paris depicting its western and eastern divisions, featuring intricate street layouts, major public gardens, landmarks, and architectural elevations of key monuments along the bottom margin.
Lotharingia Ducatus
Cartographer / Artist: Gerard Mercator
Date: c. 1585–1610
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 21.7 x 16.1 inches
Location: Lorraine, France
A scholarly late 16th-century copperplate-engraved map by Gerard Mercator depicting the Duchy of Lorraine with detailed topography, settlements, rivers, and a Renaissance strapwork title cartouche.
Abcontrafehtung der schönen und weitberühmten Statt Leon
Cartographer / Artist: Sebastian Münster (1488–1552)
Date: c. 1550–1580
Medium: Print
Dimensions: 14.8 x 12.2 inches
Location: Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
A 16th-century German woodcut panorama depicting Lyon, France, framed by a decorative strapwork border and featuring key topographical landmarks along the Saône and Rhône rivers from Münster's *Cosmographia*.
Partie Meridionale de Champagne
Cartographer / Artist: Guillaume De L'Isle
Date: 1713
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 25.0 x 18.8 inches
Location: Champagne, France
A detailed 18th-century map of southern Champagne by Guillaume Delisle, depicting regional elections, duchies, forests, and waterways centered around Troyes, Sens, Auxerre, and Chaumont.
Le Royaume de France, et ses Acquisitions vers les Pays Bas, L'Allemagne, L'Italie, et L'Espagne
Cartographer / Artist: Nicolas Sanson / Pierre Mariette
Date: 1665
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 23.1 x 16.3 inches
Location: France
Designed by French royal cartographer Nicolas Sanson and published by Pierre Mariette in Paris, this prominent 1665 map details the Kingdom of France alongside its territorial acquisitions and border regions.
PROVINCIAE, Regionis Galliae, vera exactissimaq. descriptio
Cartographer / Artist: Pierre-Jean Bompar (Petro Ioanne Bompario); Baptiste van Doetechum (engraver)
Date: c. 1630
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 19.8 x 15.3 inches
Location: Provence, France
A finely detailed 17th-century regional map of Provence along the Mediterranean coast of France, featuring ornate title cartouches, sea monsters, sailing vessels, a wind rose, and engraving by Baptiste van Doetechum.
ATREBATVM REGIO NIS VERA DESCRIPTIO.
Cartographer / Artist: Abraham Ortelius / Jean Surhon (Johannes Surhenius)
Date: c. 1579
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 20.1 x 14.9 inches
Location: Artois, France
A finely detailed 16th-century copperplate engraved map depicting the historic Artois county in northern France, published in Abraham Ortelius's seminal atlas *Theatrum Orbis Terrarum*.
A MAP OF FRANCE With the DOMINIONS appertaining thereto, From the latest and best Observations; For M. Tindal's Continuation of M. Rapin's HISTORY.
Cartographer / Artist: Richard William Seale (R. W. Seale)
Date: c. 1745
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 14.09 x 15.5 inches
Location: France
Engraved by Richard William Seale for Nicolas Tindal's continuation of Rapin's *History of England*, this detailed mid-18th-century map depicts the Kingdom of France divided into its historical provinces alongside neighboring regions, decorated with an ornate rococo cartouche.
Ditivncvla de Laleve
Cartographer / Artist: Joan Blaeu / Vedastus du Plouich
Date: c. 1662
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 14.5 x 22.8 inches
Location: Pays de Lalleu, France
A detailed 17th-century regional map depicting the historic territory of Lalleu along the Lys River near Armentières, published in Joan Blaeu's renowned *Atlas Maior* with accompanying Latin letterpress text.
INSULÆ DIVI MARTINI et ULIARUS Vulgo L'ISLE DE RE et OLERON
Cartographer / Artist: Jan Jansson (Joannes Janssonius)
Date: c. 1640
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 19.6 x 15.2 inches
Location: Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, France
A finely detailed 17th-century Dutch Golden Age sea chart depicting the islands of Île de Ré and Île d'Oléron alongside the French coast at La Rochelle, adorned with decorative compass roses, nautical rhumb lines, sailing vessels, and sea creatures.
L'Isle de France. PARISIENSIS AGRI DESCRIPTIO
Cartographer / Artist: François de La Guillotière / Jodocus Hondius
Date: c. 1610
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 19.0 x 14.3 inches
Location: Île-de-France, France
A detailed 17th-century copperplate miniature map depicting Paris and the surrounding Île-de-France region, based on the cartography of François de La Guillotière.
Topographia Limaniae [and] Lemovicum, Lymosin
Cartographer / Artist: Gabriel Symeoni & Jean Fayen; published by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Date: c. 1635
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 24.0 x 20.5 inches
Location: Limagne and Limousin, France
A finely engraved double-regional map of France depicting Limagne and Limousin, published in Amsterdam by Willem Blaeu with decorative title cartouches and coat of arms.
Regionis Biturigum Exactiss. Descriptio / Limaniae Topographia
Cartographer / Artist: Jean Chaumeau & Gabriele Simeoni (published by Abraham Ortelius)
Date: c. 1573
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.0 inches
Location: Berry and Limagne, France
Issued in Abraham Ortelius's landmark *Theatrum Orbis Terrarum*, this dual-map sheet presents detailed contemporary cartography of the historic French provinces of Berry and Limagne by Jean Chaumeau and Gabriele Simeoni.
Caletensium et Bononiensium Ditionis Accurata Delineatio / Veromanduorum Eorumque Confinium Exactissima Descriptio
Cartographer / Artist: Nicolas de Nicolay & Jean de Surhon / Abraham Ortelius
Date: c. 1570
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 16.8 x 12.0 inches
Location: Hauts-de-France, France
Published in Abraham Ortelius's landmark atlas *Theatrum Orbis Terrarum*, this dual-map sheet details the coastal region of Calais and Boulonnais alongside the inland region of Vermandois in Northern France.
Gallia Narbonensis / Sabaudiae Ducat. / Venuxini Comitatus Nova Descr.
Cartographer / Artist: Abraham Ortelius (Publisher), Gilles Boileau de Bouillon & Stefano Ghebellino (Cartographers)
Date: c. 1592
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 20.2 x 15.8 inches
Location: Provence, Savoy, & Comtat Venaissin, France
A striking three-panel folio sheet published in Abraham Ortelius's seminal atlas *Theatrum Orbis Terrarum*, depicting regional maps of Narbonnese Gaul, Savoy including Lake Geneva, and the Papal enclave of Comtat Venaissin.
Regionis Biturigum Exactiss: Descriptio / Limaniae Topographia
Cartographer / Artist: Abraham Ortelius (after Jean Chaumeau & Gabriele Simeoni)
Date: c. 1573–1603
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 20.1 x 18.0 inches
Location: Berry and Limagne, France
Featuring two regional maps on a single sheet from Abraham Ortelius's landmark *Theatrum Orbis Terrarum*, this engraving depicts the historical French provinces of Berry and Limagne embellished with decorative Renaissance strapwork cartouches and heraldic crests.
Blaifois. Blesiensis Territorii... / Lemovicvm Totivs et Confinivm Provinciarvm...
Cartographer / Artist: Jean Temporel (Ioannes Temporarius) & Jean Fayen (Io. Fayanus) / Jodocus Hondius
Date: c. 1609
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 22.3 x 16.4 inches
Location: Blaisois & Limousin, France
Published in the Mercator-Hondius atlases, this dual copperplate engraving depicts the historical French provinces of Blaisois along the Loire Valley and Limousin alongside Berry.
Palatinatus Bavariae Descriptio / Argentoratensis Agri Descriptio
Cartographer / Artist: Abraham Ortelius (after Erhard Reich)
Date: c. 1570–1608
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 20.6 x 15.0 inches
Location: Bavaria, Germany and Alsace, France
Published in Abraham Ortelius's landmark atlas *Theatrum Orbis Terrarum*, this double-map engraving features detailed regional depictions of the Upper Palatinate of Bavaria alongside the territory of Strasbourg and the Rhine valley.
Die Statt Montpellier mit ihrer gelegenheit.
Cartographer / Artist: Sebastian Münster
Date: c. 1550–1580
Medium: Print
Dimensions: 14.1 x 10.7 inches
Location: Montpellier, Occitanie, France
A detailed 16th-century woodcut view of the walled city of Montpellier from Sebastian Münster's *Cosmographia*, featuring cardinal direction labels and a key identifying prominent local landmarks.
Wahrhaffte contrafechtung der Statt Bourdeaux
Cartographer / Artist: Sebastian Münster (1488–1552) / Heinrich Petri
Date: c. 1578
Medium: Print
Dimensions: 15.1 x 12.1 inches
Location: Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
This detailed 16th-century woodcut view from Sebastian Münster’s *Cosmographia* provides an intricate bird's-eye perspective of Bordeaux, detailing its medieval city walls, Roman amphitheater ruins, prominent churches, and busy maritime trade along the Garonne River.
Salin die namhafftee Statt in Burgund nach ihrer Figur vnd Gelegenheit abgemalet
Cartographer / Artist: Sebastian Münster; monogrammed by Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (RVD)
Date: c. 1550
Medium: Print
Dimensions: 15.6 x 15.0 inches
Location: Salins-les-Bains, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
A detailed 16th-century woodcut view from Sebastian Münster's *Cosmographia* depicting the fortified salt-mining town of Salins-les-Bains in Burgundy, highlighting surrounding castles such as Fort Belin and Fort Saint-André (Gvion).
Die abcontrafactur der schönen vnnd Edlen Statt Tours.
Cartographer / Artist: Sebastian Münster
Date: c. 1580
Medium: Print
Dimensions: 16.0 x 12.2 inches
Location: Tours, Centre-Val de Loire, France
A striking late 16th-century German woodcut bird's-eye panorama of Tours, France, encased within an elaborate Renaissance strapwork border and featuring a detailed key to local landmarks.
Der alten vnd herlichen Statt Poitiers contrafactur
Cartographer / Artist: Sebastian Münster
Date: c. 1580
Medium: Print
Dimensions: 16.6 x 21.2 inches
Location: Poitiers, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
This authentic 16th-century woodcut provides a panoramic bird's-eye perspective of the walled city of Poitiers, complete with city gates, churches, coats of arms, and a numbered index in German.
Lion (Lyon) [Quinta etas mundi, Folium LXXXVIII]
Cartographer / Artist: Hartmann Schedel (Author), Michael Wolgemut & Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (Woodcutters)
Date: 1493
Medium: Print
Dimensions: 8.75 x 12.25 inches (22.2 x 31.1 cm)
Location: Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Derived from Hartmann Schedel's famous 1493 *Nuremberg Chronicle*, this incunabula woodcut depicts an early, stylized panorama of Lyon, France, showcasing its prominent city walls, spires, and river commerce along the Rhône and Saône.