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

The map was originally published in six sheets

It is shown here in its handcoloured form - it was handcoloured almost 300 years ago and has been wonderfully restored by The Unique Maps Co

which focuses on the area between Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road

the pages of the book were massive - life-size

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