1715 Map of the Course of Sare River and Provinces de la Sare on Lorraine Allemande

Course of the River Sare and the provinces in surround. Intaglio copper engraved plate 9" x 13.5" . printed on hand laid papers 11" x 15.5" quatro folio of the period. Exceptional line work and clear impressions on these images and maps by native son Nicolas De Fer. From a 1715 edition of De Fer's Atlas Curieux , filled with detailed land maps and descriptive text in support of Louis XIV, a central government and the advances of the French Royal class in Architecture, Agriculture and Industry . Fine condition on these library de-accession items