Lot 313
Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg. Brema. "Vrbs Hanseatici Foederis Ad Visvrgvm Flv. Valide Mvnita Mercimoniis Dives Et Elegans." Handcolored engraving of the city of Bremen from "Civitates orbis terrarum" (Cologne, 1598). Text in Latin. Image: 13 5/8 x 18¼, matted and framed to 24¼ x 28¾". A few nicks to frame. Not examined out of frame. Prints such as this one give us a great deal of information about British architecture and landscape design. Fine. Not examined out of frame. After 1618 Jan Jansson aquired the plates for Civitates orbis terrarum and published an eight-volume edition. The maps were re-issued a number of times in various forms and were published for the last time in 1750.
Estimated Value $300 - 500.
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