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Belsia, Vulgo La Beausse.

  • ARTIST: Joan Blaeu

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Guiljelmum Blaeu, Amsterdam.

  • MEDIUM: Handcolored engraving,

    DATE: 1650

  • EDITION SIZE: 15 1/8 x 19 7/8" (385 x 505 mm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: A decorative map of the environs north west of Paris. The title cartouche depicts the agricultural goddess Ceres, reaping hook in hand, receiving the stirrups of a dragon pulled cart in which the Roman god Saturn is seated. Two cherubs holding the scale cartouche and a coat of arms are seen in the upper right.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: This example is from a 1650 French text edition of Blaeu's "Le Theatre du Monde, Nouvel Atlas"

  • CONDITION: Good condition save for some minor damp staining in the lower margin. Original hand coloring.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps