BLAEU, J. - Belsia vulgo La Beausse.

BLAEU, J. - Belsia vulgo La Beausse.
Published: Amsterdam , ca. 1634
Size: 387 x 503mm.
Color: In original colours.
Condition: Fine. With wide margins. Paper slightly browned, as usual.
Description
In the left-hand lower part of the image a beautiful contemporary cartouche with goddess Ceres [agricultural] holding a reaping-hook in her right hand and receiving with her left hand the ribbons of two wyvern dragons pulling a car filled with grain from the Roman god of agriculture Saturn.
In the upper right-hand part a coats of arm with three lilies and a coronet. The image is also decorated with five finely coloured cherubs[messengers of the gods]. The map shows the environs north-west of Paris.
In the upper right-hand part a coats of arm with three lilies and a coronet. The image is also decorated with five finely coloured cherubs[messengers of the gods]. The map shows the environs north-west of Paris.
75€
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- Reference N°: 28543
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