Old Monochrome Map of Paris, 1572 by Braun - Notre Dame, Sainte Chapelle, Bastille, Seine, Cathedral, City Walls tumc_ortelius A stunning and exceptionally rare

A stunning and exceptionally rare handcoloured celestial chart of the zodiac constellation Scorpio

In the northwest you can see London

monochrome and wonderful map shows Russia as it was in 1676

(It's actually one of the world's oldest race courses

Old Monochrome Map of Paris, 1572 by Braun - Notre Dame, Sainte Chapelle, Bastille, Seine, Cathedral, City Walls tumc_ortelius A stunning and exceptionally rarePublished in 1572 by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, this is the oldest full, true map of Paris. If Shakespeare ever visited Paris, this is what it would've looked like. This map was first published in Civitates Orbis Terrarum the Cities of the World which was a cartographical masterpiece featuring 546 maps. This map looks great at all sizes: 12x16 inches (31x41cm), 18x24 inches (45. 5x61cm) and 24x36 inches (61x91. 5cm), but it looks even better