1856 Capt Delafield Large Antique Schematics Forts City of Lyons, France Balkans At some point Jean Denis

At some point Jean Denis held the post of Royal Librarian of France and it was through is associations with d'Anville that the d'Anville collection of nearly 9000 maps was acquired by French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Such is the quality of his re-strikes these prints are now in major institutional collections such a the Louvre

who named it New Holland

1856 Capt Delafield Large Antique Schematics Forts City of Lyons, France Balkans At some point Jean DenisTitle : Detached Forts about the City of Lyons Date : 1856 Condition: (A) Very Good Condition Ref: 90123 Size: 29in x 20in (735mm x 515mm) Description: This large original lithograph print, schematics of various forts in and around the French city of Lyons during the time of the Crimean War and just prior to the American Civil War was engraved by John T Bowen & co. of Philadelphia and was published in the 1856 edition of Captain Richard Delafields