BLANCHIN I. – DESCRIPTION DE LA CITÉ DE VALETTA de Malte – 1629 – SOLD

Description

BLANCHIN I. – 1629

Title of Map: DESCRIPTION DE LA CITÉ DE VALETTA / de Malte,

taken from NABERAT – BAUDOIN – HISTOIRE / DES / CHEVALIERS / DE L’ORDRE DE / S. IEAN DE HIERUSALEM – 1629, 1643, 1659.

This copper engraving measuring 150 x 210 mm is a complete sheet of page 106.

The engraver as described is Blanchin I., as some other engravings in the same book are signed by himself.
Valletta with shipping in the harbour – numbers for a key but no key.
A neat French engraving in the Italian style.

The plan is printed in between the text of page 106, immediately beneath Description de la cite de Valette de Malte, which is the title of the text. In all editions, the plan is reproduced on page 106. This plan has been first copied from Matteo Perez d’Aleccio from his engravings in 1582.