Veuë de la Ville de Gray en Franche Comte, Prospectus Greyaci, in Burgundiae Comitatu

by After Adam Frans Van der Meulen

$1,250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A striking contemporary view of Gray in Franche-Comte, by the celebrated court painter Van der Meulen. This fine view shows the town of Gray in Franche-Comte, built on the banks of the Saône River. One of the most important trading towns in Franche-Comte, the region became a possession of the Spanish Hapsburgs in 1556. Although some of the region's fortified towns were occupied by France during the Wars of Religion, peace and prosperity continued until the advent of the

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