BLAEU, W. - Cadurcium Vernaculé Querci.

Detailed map of a province of France by one of the most famous map publisher. Centered on Cahors.
In the lower left corner, a coloured scale cartouche surmounted by a monkey, some books and a female figure holding the surveying instruments.
In the upper right corner, title cartouche and beautiful royal arms.
From early on Willem Jansz. Blaeu aimed of publishing an atlas to compete with the Hondius-Jansson Atlas. By 1630, he had published at least 17 folio size maps.
Blaeu was able to realize his plan soon after he had acquired the copper plates of the atlas maps by Jodocus Hondius. The "Appendix followed in 1630.
In 1635 he finally realized a "international edition" of a world atlas, the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum".