BLANMONT

Cavalier view of the city of Blanmont, a Belgian city that has been part of the Chastre entity since the mergers of municipalities, located at the confluence of the Nile and the OrneText on the back of G. Braun. Ca.1575Full-margins proof in old color, usual median fold, short tear of a few millimeters in the upper left margin, two small spots in the borders, tiny hole in the right margin...

300.00 €

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SIBINIUM, PARENS, MODON

Or Views of Sibenik, Porec (in Croatia) and Modon ( in Greece )Proof in old color, usual middle fold, Latin text on verso.Good proof, light uniform dusting, small pinholes visible mainly transparently in the lower part.The 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volume town atlas and the greatest book of town views and plans ever published: 363 engravings, sometimes colored. It was one of the best-selling works in the last quarter of the 16th century.Georg Braun wrote the text accompanying the plans and views on the verso.A large number of the plates were engraved after the original drawings of Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1600). The first volume was published in Latin in 1572, the sixth volume in 1617.Frans Hogenberg created the tables for volumes I through IV, and Simon van den Neuwel created those for volumes V and VI. Other contributors were cartographer Daniel Freese, and Heinrich Rantzau.Works by Jacob van Deventer, Sebastian Münster, and Johannes Stumpf were also used. Reference: Van der Krogt 4, 3985; Taschen, Braun and Hogenberg, p.187...

350.00 €

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