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Attractive Woodcut of Paris
Paris.
MUNSTER, S. [Basel, c. 1550]
Lutetia Parisiorum Urbs, toto orbe celeberrima notissimaquecaput regni Franciae .
10¾ x 14 inches.
Fine hand-color; excellent.
This beautifully executed plan shows the city and surroundings of 16th century Paris with its churches, universities and palaces labeled both on the map and keyed to a legend. The Sorbonne as well as the cathedral of Notre Dame (labeled on the map as Summum templum) can be found among other structures of note.
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