Live auction - Lot 1075
[Belgium - Flanders]
Les plans et profils des principales villes et lieux considérables du Comté de Flandre [...].
BEAULIEU, Sébastien de
Hammer price: €
240
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Lot description
Paris, S. de Beaulieu, [1668]
Oblong 8vo: engr. title, frontispiece, and 80 (of 86) pl. (text lvs in wrong order, 1 lf. suppl. dedicatory poem, 6 maps missing: 2. Reddition d'une ville de Flandre, 38. Plan du fort de la Quenoke, 42. Plan de la ville de Montcasel, 62. Plan des villes et citadelles de Lille, 71. Tournay (profil), 75. Plan de la citadelle de Courtray, a few maps repaired (Ypres)).
Contemp. mottled calf, gilt decorated spine (hinges broken, text block loose).
Pocket atlas by the military engineer Beaulieu de Pontault (ca. 1612-1674) who served Louis II de Bourbon-Condé ou le Grand Condé. Part of the series "Plans et profils" in 14 vol., also known as the "Petits Beaulieu". Includes the engr. title, a frontispiece by R. de Hooghe and 80 (of 86) pl. of Flanders. Our copy has a supplementary dedicatory poem "A Monsieur le Chevalier de Beaulieu" signed "P. de la Serre".
Ref. Pastoureau, Beaulieu VII Aa (Flanders).
Prov. Collector's labels.