La Rochelle, 1627 (La Rochelle, Poitou-Charentes, France) 46°10ʹ00ʺN 01°09ʹ00ʺW

Jean Le Clerc (active 1610-1627): Rue Saint Jaques, Paris (publisher)

Watermark: None visible on text or mount

Condition: Five fold lines; creased. One fold line to the mount which coincides with the central fold of the map. Verso: surface dirt; the decorative border which was printed on the left, bottom and right edges has been cut off (see this example in the Bibliothèque nationale de France). Some pressure marks to recto and verso

 

18.4 x 47.9 cm (image and sheet)

39.9 x 54.8 cm (mount)

Printed title:

LE BLOCQVEMENT, ET NOVVEAV TRAVAIL FAICT AV-TOVR DE LA VILLE DE LA ROCHELLE, / pour empescher l’execution des mauuais desseins & intelligences secrettes des Rochelois auec les Estrangers; & les retenir dans l’obeïssance / naturelle & en leur deuoir, comme legitimes subjects du Roy & de sa Courronne. [Followed by a numerical and alphabetical key to the places on the map.]

Annotations:

George III heading: Rochelle Sep. 1627.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left and top, left of centre, on mount, black pencil:] II/14; [top, left of centre, red pencil, crossed out in black pencil:] 1/152.

George III catalogue entry:

Rochelle Plan de la Ville de la Rochelle et l’ordre du Blocquement d’icelle: par le S.^r Dougnan le 9 Sept.^re 1627: chez Jean le Clerc; avec une Description.

Bibliographic reference(s)

M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 2861