Bidspirit auction | Belleforest, Francois de: Le grand

Belleforest, Francois de: Le grand plant et uray portrait de la ville de Brusselles. - Paris, 1575. Chez Michel Sonnius. A bird’s-eye, woodcut view of Brussels, which appeared in Francios de Belleforest’s work “La cosmographie universelle de tout le monde” (more details about this can be found at lot 105). The Belgian lion is in the upper left corner of the map-like representation, and the city of Brussels’ coat of arms is on the right. With explanatory text in French on the back. Dimensions: 345 x 440 mm. Fine, clear copy.