153 - Affiche Ancienne Antique hand coloured engraving of Paris bird-eye view the 1630 design by a French engraver, printmaker and print publisher Melchior Tavernier (1594-1665). Most later edition from 18th or 19th century. Le Plan de la Ville, Cite, Universite, Fauxbourgs de Paris avec la Description de son Antiquite / Map of the City, Cite, University, and Suburbs of Paris with the Description of its Antiquity - featuring a bird's-eye perspective map of historical Paris, capturing the intricate layout of the French capital, its surrounding walls, fortified bastions, and the flowing River Seine; illustrative decorative frieze on the top margin depicts figures dressed in traditional period clothing, ranging from royalty and high-society nobility to standard townsfolk and historical figures, flanked by enthroned monarchs at each end; an elaborate heraldic coat of arms in the top left corner, and decorative cartouches with French text in the lower corners. Horizontal. Fair condition, tears, creasing, paper losses, staining. Country of issue: France, designer: Melchior Tavernier, size (cm): 53x69, year of printing: 18th-19th century.