318     TASSIN, N. Carte du Duché d'Orléans Paris, 1634. Beau col. ancien. Infimes mouillures, léger manque en partie inf. habilement restauré. Belle impression, bien contrastée. 370 x 510 mm.

200 - 250 €
Adjugé pour 220 €

¤ Rare en coloris d'époque. Première édition. Very fine and detailed map with the Loire River, centered on Orleans and its surrounding area. Lower left Amboise. Showing the Forest of Orleans. Embellished with decorative title and scale cartouche and a wind rose. Nicolas Tassin, who was active from 1633 till 1655, was appointed "royal cartographer" at Dijon before setting up as an engraver in Paris where he issued various collections of small maps and plans of France, Switzerland, Germany and Spain. Maps by Tassin in original colours are rare. With a plate number 20, in upper right corner.
- Pastoureau, Tassin II A.

319     TASSIN, N. Carte de Touraine. Paris, 1634. Beau col. ancien. Infimes mouillures. Belle impression, bien contrastée. 370 x 518 mm.

350 - 400 €
Adjugé pour 280 €

¤ Rare en coloris d'époque. Première édition. Very detailed map centered on the rive Loire valley. Showing Tours, Amboise, Blois, etc. Beautiful rococo title cartouche surrounded by heads of sea monsters. Nicolas Tassin, who was active from 1633 till 1655, was appointed "royal cartographer" at Dijon before setting up as an engraver in Paris where he issued various collections of small maps and plans of France, Switzerland, Germany and Spain. Maps by Tassin in original colours are rare. With a plate number 17, in upper right corner.
- Pastoureau, Tassin II A.