Claude CHASTILLON
Châlons-en-Champagne 1559 - Paris 1616
L’Admirable dessein de la porte et place de France (…)
1610
Original etching
Subject 290 × 575 mm, sheet (with text) 460 × 575 mm, small margins on sides, margin fillet at top and bottom
Beautiful and very rare proof of the first state (of 2), with the date of 1610 and before the correction of « Marestx » to « Marets » in the title, the typographed text typographed text giving the history of the project at the bottom printed on another sheet joined to the first, several folds visible especially on the verso, printing folds near the top edge, small breaks in the text, traces of acidity on the verso
Watermark: Two crossed arrows (Lieure not cited)
Reference: IFF 329 i/ii