Hesdin ; Plan de la Ville de Hesdin

Hesdin ; Plan de la Ville de Hesdin

Printed map. Source unknown. Possibly part of one of Sebastian de Pontault Beaulieu’s publications. Visual scale, "Eschelle de rois cens Thoifes". The title is on a banner. The city is viewed from a distance and shows buildings and fortifications with farmland in the foreground. The plan shows the fortifications and roads. The cartouche text is on decorative drapery. On verso of map, RMC_4399_1. There is also a Robert Clifford bookplate on the verso of the larger map. Acquired as part of the Lord Cholmondely Collection.

1670

Beaulieu, Sébastian de Pontault, approximately 1612-1674

macrepo:77625

local: RMC_107551