[Limousin]. BOUGUEREAU (Maurice), FAYEN (Jean). Totius Lemov - Lot 83

[Limousin]. BOUGUEREAU (Maurice), FAYEN (Jean). Totius Lemovici et consinium provinciarum quantum ad dioecesin lemouicensen scpectant. Novissima et Fidissima Descriptio. 1594. 1 copper-engraved map, 35 x 48.8 cm. on 36.5 x 49.5 cm. sheet, hand-colored (wetness in the lateral margins, reaching the map, small crack without missing towards the central fold). First engraved map showing the Limousin region. First published in 1593 by the publisher Bouguereau in Tours, it is here in a new edition given in 1619 in Paris by Jean Leclerc, who had bought Bouguereau's copperplates. At the top right of the map is a fine plan of the city of Limoges, while at the bottom right is a dedication by Jean Fayen to Annet de Levis, Duc de Ventadour, Governor of Limousin, dated February 4, 1594, surmounted by a coat of arms. (Pastoureau, Leclerc A [27]; Bouguereau [14] for the original copper).