Map Ancient Gaul (5 results)

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. This 1748 map provides a detailed representation of Ancient Gaul, covering regions that correspond to modern-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland and Italy. It highlights key cities, geographical features, and Roman provinces such as Gallia Narbonensis, Gallia Lugdunensis, and Aquitania. The engraving was printed in London by T. Osborne, A. Miller, and J. Osborn.1 folding plate. Size: 22 x 28 cms. Category: Universal History; Unframed Prints : Old; Printed before 1800; Special Features. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Very good. Some toning and wear along original centerfold. Minor foxing. Original platemark visible. Size 12.5 x 17 Inches. An appealing 1763 map of Gallia or France in ancient Roman times by the French cartographer Rigobert Bonne. Covers the region from southern part of England (Britannia) to the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean. Details mountains, rivers, cities, roadways, and lakes with political divisions highlighted in outline color. Gaul or Gallia was the ancient name of a region of Western Europe which comprises of modern day France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland and Germany west of the Rhine. After the Gallic Wars of 58-51 BC, all of Gaul came under the control of the Romans. It continued under Roman control for almost 500 years before it fell to the Franks in AD 486. The Gallic Wars are believed to have been fought primarily to provide Caesar with wealth and popularity and to boost his political career rather than being a defensive action as described by Caesar. The campaigns are described by Caesar in his book Commentarii de Bello Gallico . A decorative title cartouche appears in the top left hand quadrant. Drawn by R. Bonne in 1762 for issue in Jean Lattre's Atlas Moderne . References: Rumsey 2612.085. Phillips (Atlases) 664. National Maritime Museum, 215.

Very good. Minor wear along original fold lines. Minor spotting at places. Size 23 x 31 Inches. This is a beautiful and scarce 1860 elephant folio map of Gaul or France in ancient Roman times issued by A. H. Dufour. It covers from the English Channel south as far as the Pyrenees Mountains and Hispania. It includes the modern day nations of France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The map is beautifully color coded and numbered with a key in the upper right quadrant identifying the 17 provinces under the Roman Emperors. Gaul was the ancient name of a region of Western Europe which comprises of modern day France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany west of the Rhine. It also included most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy and parts of Netherland. After the Gallic Wars of 58-51 BC, all of Gaul came under the control of the Romans. It continued to remain under Roman control for almost 500 years before it fell to the Franks in AD 486. The Gallic Wars are believed to have been fought primarily to provide Caesar with wealth and popularity and to boost his political career rather than being a defensive action as described by Caesar. The campaigns are described by Caesar in his book Commentarii de Bello Gallico . This map was prepared by Auguste-Henri Dufour and engraved by Charles Dyonette for publication plate no. 5 in Armand Le Chevalier's 1860 edition of Atlas Universel, Physique, Historique et Politique de Geographie Ancienne et Moderne . References: Rumsey 5020.008.

Very good condition. Original centerfold. Platemark visible. Blank on verso. Size 18 x 23 Inches. A large and dramatic J. B. B. D'Anville map of Gallia or France in ancient Roman times. Covers from the southern part of England (Britannia) to the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean. Details mountains, rivers, cities, roadways, and lakes with political divisions highlighted in outline color. Features both ancient and contemporary place names, ie. Parisii and Paris, for each destination - an invaluable resource or scholars of antiquity. An inset in the lower left quadrant details Gallia's southern most Roman Provinces. A smaller inset labeled Batavorum Insulae appears in the upper right quadrant. Title area in upper left quadrant. Includes seven distance scales, top left, referencing various measurement systems common in antiquity. Text in Latin and English. Drawn by J. B. B. D'Anville in 1762 and published in 1794 by Laurie and Whittle, London. References: Rumsey 2603.041. Phillps (Atlases) 571, 572, 599.

Very good. Reinforced marginal split at upper centerfold just touching border. Original color refreshed. Size 15.5 x 19.25 Inches. This is a beautiful example of Jan Jansson's map of France, known as Gaul during the Roman era. It is derived from Abraham Ortelius' map of the same title. The map thus combines the late sixteenth century mapping of France's physical geography with classical toponymy, drawn from the first century writing of the historian Strabo, supplemented by the work of Pliny, Virgil, Caesar, and others. Ortelius, a historian as well as a mapmaker, had included the map in his Parergon , the historical supplement to his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum . Jansson, with an eye for quality, was faithful to his source, including not only the place names but Ortelius' copious historical notations. Publication History and Census This map was engraved by Johannes Jansson for inclusion in his 1636 Atlas Novus . The present example's pagination corresponds with the 1662 French edition of the Nouvel Atlas. Fourteen examples of the separate map are cataloged in OCLC in various editions. References: Van der Krogt, P. C. J., Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, Volume 1, 4000H 1B.2.