ROUEN - Lot 5

ROUEN Lot of six engravings including: - François DE BELLEFOREST (1530-1583) "Le pourtraict de la ville de Rouen", in 1575 The sheet: H_33.7 cm - W_39.7 cm (framed, underglaze, traces of folding, spotting) - François DE BELLEFOREST (1530-1583) "Le vray pourtraict de la ville de Caen", in 1575 Leaf: H_33.6 cm - W_39.3 cm (framed, underglaze, traces of folding, spotting, wetness) - Georgius HOEFNAGLE or Joris HOEFNAGEL (1542-1601), after "Roan. Rotomagus, Vulgo Roan, Normandiae, Metropolis". Sight: H_17.2 cm - W_49.3 cm (framed, slight crease) - Matthäus MERIAN (1593-1650) "Rouen, capital of Normandy", in 1620 Leaf: H_14.6 cm - W_34.8 cm (framed, underglaze, folds, small tear, stains) Notes Excerpt from Topographia Galliae / Zeiller, Martin. Amsterdam: Gaspar Merian, 1660-1663. - "Rouen, Ville capitale de Normandie, Siège d'Archeveché et de Parlement, à Paris chez Crépy rue St Jacques à St Pierre". Colorized and heightened engraving. Sight: H_28.6 cm - W_43 cm (framed, underglaze, wetness, traces of mildew) - Kelton PERCIVAL, after "Small Maritime War, 1838", Château d'Eu Sight: H_42 cm - W_58.9 cm (framed, coaster, dampening) (lot not examined out of frame)