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Mr. Philip D. Burden
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UNITED KINGDOM
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Jean Le Clerc was an engraver and bookseller in Paris and Tours. In 1619 Le Clerc re-issued Maurice Bouguereau’s ‘Theatre Francois’ of 1594 as the ‘Theatre Geographique du Royaume de France’ and included many new plates. This is one of them and covers the area around Metz. It is beautifully engraved by Le Clerc and dated 1617. Pastoureau Le Clerc A no. 23.
LE CLERC, Jean
Description Du Pays Messin et ses Confins
Paris, 1617
375 x 415 mm., with a small area 2 cms. wide in the upper margin replaced just into the neat line and image. Cut close but margins otherwise all present.
Stock number: 3210
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