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Sexta etas Mudi. Metis. [Metz] Folio CX.

A imaginary view of Metz: however the earliest obtainable view of this period. Shows in upper left a castle and to the right the cathedral depicted as a mosque. It includ...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2017

 


Tolosa. Folio LXXI (Toulouse)

Panoramic view of Toulouse. A imaginary view: however the earliest obtainable view of this period.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Nuremberg Chron...

$500 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2016

 


Sexta Etas Mudi. /Ordo Cartusiensum.. / Nicea Urbs.. / Folio XCIIII

A imaginary view of Nice: however the earliest obtainable view of this period. On verso, it shows the first house of the Order of the Carthusians, founded by St Bruno, he...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2020

 


Quarta Etas Mundi. Folium.LXI

The Latin text page is illustrated with a imaginary view of Marseille, however the earliest obtainable view of this period. VERSO : Kings, Noble men and women and scienti...

$75 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2013

 


Nissa. (Nice)

A imaginary view of Nice (200x508mm.) : however the earliest obtainable view of this period. On verso the right hand part of a double page panoramic view of Lübeck in Sc...

$240 / ≈ €225
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $240
Sold in 2015

 


Massilia.

Very early imaginary view of Marseilles, the earliest available view of the city. There are several uncolored portraits on verso. On a full page with Latin text.

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1493
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2016

 


Nicea urbs.

Very early imaginary view of Nice in France, the earliest available view of the city. On a full page with Latin text on both side.

$160 / ≈ €150
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1493
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2018

 


Parisius & Maguncia

The imaginary view of Paris, France and Munich, Germany (verso) by Hartmann Schedel from the Latin edition of the “Liber chronicarum”.

Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nurenberg, 1493

 


Warhaffte abcontrafactur der namhafften Statt St. Quintin sampt aller Laegerstatt und umbligenden Ort wie sie von Konigs Philippi Heer im jar 1557 belagert worden

Rare and charming woodcut of St. Quentin. A bird's eye view of the siege of St. Quentin in Aisne (France) by the forces of King Philip II of Spain, in 1557. It shows the ...

$90 / ≈ €84
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basel, H.Petri, ca. 1550
Selling price: $90
Sold in 2020

 


Don Gallia.

A detailed vieGravelines, from an early edition of Sebastian Münster's 'Cosmography'.Münster's 'Cosmography' was one of the most influential geographical works of the 1...

$35 / ≈ €33
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basil, c 1550
Selling price: $35
Sold in 2016

 


Die Statt Paris etlicher mass figuriert und contrafehtet nach ietziger gelegenheit.

A remarkable cityscape, because unlike most cityscapes in the Cosmographia, where the bird's-eye perspective or the profile view on cities is used, here we find what come...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, Sebastian.
Place & Date: Basel, H.Petri, ca. 1550
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2020

 


[Lot of 2 leaves] Rubeaquum cum arce Isenburgo…/ Wyssenburg…

Two wood block printed early bird's-eye views of Rouffach (lies along the Alsatian wine route) and Wissembourg (Alsace). From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Co...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basel, 1552

 


Le rhein de la Gaule, pourtraicte selon la figure qu'elle a auiourdhuy.

Panoramic town-view along River Rhine in French Alsace. In lower left HSD. There is no information available for the monogamist HSD, we think he originates from Worms.Tak...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, c.1560
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2014

 


Selestat ou Schletstat, cité impériale, située au milieu du pays d'Alsace. . .

Panoramic of Sélestat in the French Alsace region. In lower right corner: RMD [Rudoplh Manuel called Deutsch who was a well-known wood-cutter].Taken from Sebastian Mün...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1560
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2014

 


Rubeaquum Rusach (Château D'Isenbourg)

Rubeaquum Rufach is a detailed woodcut by Sebastian Münster showing the famous Château D'Isenbourg located in the heart of the vineyards on the Alsace wine route and th...

$30 / ≈ €28
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basil, 1564
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2018

 


CHALES [Calais]

Rare Lafreri School town-plan of Calais, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortezze P...

$60 / ≈ €56
Maker / Publisher: FORLANI, P. / BALLINO, G.
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1567
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2018

 


Perpignan.

Extremely rare panoramic view showing the siege of the town of Perpignan in 1595. Also showing the towns of Narbonne, Rivesaltes along with the Mediterranean coast.Engrav...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: FURLANI,P. / ZALTIRIE,B.
Place & Date: Venice 1568
Selling price: $300
Sold

 


Desegno et circutio della citta di Metz.

Extremely rare panoramic view showing a plan of the siege of the town of Metz. In bottom left a numbered key 1-53. Engraved by Paolo Furlani (active 1561-1577), his addre...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: FURLANI,P. / ZALTIRIE,B.
Place & Date: Venice 1568
Selling price: $300
Sold

 


Parisi.

Rare Lafreri School town-plan of Paris, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortezze Pr...

$1200 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: FORLANI, P. / BALLINO, G.
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $1200
Sold in 2011

 


Gravelinga.

Rare Lafreri School town-plan of Gravelines, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortez...

$52 / ≈ €49
Maker / Publisher: FORLANI, P. / BALLINO, G.
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $52
Sold in 2014

 


Guines.

Rare Lafreri School town-plan of Guines, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortezze P...

$30 / ≈ €28
Maker / Publisher: FORLANI, P. / BALLINO, G.
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2014

 


Thion ville.

Rare Lafreri School town-plan of Thionville, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortez...

$40 / ≈ €37
Maker / Publisher: FORLANI, P. / BALLINO, G.
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $40
Sold in 2014

 


Lutetia, Vulgari Nomine Paris, Urbs Gallia Maxima, sequana navigabili flumine irrigatur. . . frequeta universitate excelenti, stupendi opera Tempso B. Maria..

Beautiful and early town-plan of Paris with title cartouche and figures in the foreground. The Bastille is shown at the upper center of the engraving and the Notre-Dame c...

$2400 / ≈ €2246
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1572
Selling price: $2400
Sold

 


Lutetia vulgari Nomine Paris, Urbs Galliae Maxima ...

Based on Sebastian Munster's map of 1569, this exceptional town plan of 16th Century Paris depicts in details the city as it evolved from a small settlement on an island ...

$800 / ≈ €749
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. /HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2012

 


Lutetia vulgari Nomine Paris, Urbs Galliae Maxima, ...

Based on Sebastian Munster's map of 1569, this exceptional town plan of 16th Century Paris depicts in details the city as it evolved from a small settlement on an island ...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, c.1572
Selling price: $3000
Sold in 2013

 


Nimes and Bordeaux.

Text in top frame: "Rotomagus, vulgo Roan, Normandiae Metropolis depingebat Georgius Hoefnagle, cum privilegio."Lower Left Frame - Text: "Nemausus; Nismes ...

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. /HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1572
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2013

 


Lutetia, vulgari nomine Paris, urbs Gallia...

Beautiful and early town-plan of Paris with title cartouche and figures in the foreground. The Bastille is shown at the upper center of the engraving and the Notre-Dame c...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1572
Selling price: $1500
Sold in 2020

 


Montpellier,Tours,Poitiers. - Monsiessulanus [on sheet with] Turo [and] Pictavis, sive Pictavia, Vernaculo Idiomate...

Fine antique copper engraved sheet with three bird's-eye views by Braun and Hogenberg: Montpellier, Tours and Poitiers from the first volume of Braun & Hogenberg's &q...

$280 / ≈ €262
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572
Selling price: $280
Sold in 2021

 


Rouen, Nîmes, Bordeaux. - Rotomagus, vulgo Roan, Normandiae Metropolis [on sheet with] Nemavsus, Nismes, Civitas Narbonensie Galliae Vetustissima [and] Civitas Burdegalensis in Aquitanea, Genuina Descrip.

Fine antique copper engraved sheet with three - one panorama and two bird's-eye - views by Braun and Hogenberg: Rouen, Nîmes and Bordeaux, after Georg Hoefnagel. From th...

Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572

 


Lutetia vulgari Nomine Paris…

One of the earliest and most beautiful panoramic view of Paris, based on Sebastian Munster’s map from 1569. Latin title in cartouche top-left and French title in cartou...

Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, c. 1572

 


Rochella munitissimum galliae opp :

Town-plan of La Rochelle, with a numbered key (1-16) in the upper left corner gives the locations of the important buildings and landmarks.From volume II of Braun and Hog...

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1574
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2011

 


Rochella munitissimum galliae opp :

Town-plan of La Rochelle, with a numbered key (1-16) in the upper left corner gives the locations of the important buildings and landmarks.From volume II of Braun and Hog...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1574
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2012

 


Die statt Montpellier . . .

Panoramic view of Montpellier by Sebastian Münster. Title and a description of the city on verso. With a lettered key underneath the engraving. From the German edition o...

$50 / ≈ €47
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S
Place & Date: Basel, 1574
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2019

 


Bloys.

Early and detailed birds-eye town-view of Bloys. From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Ca...

$240 / ≈ €225
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $240
Sold

 


Le Vray pourtraict de la ville d'Aix en Provence.

A very decorative and rare town-plan of Aix en Provence from Franc¸ois de Belleforest's "La Cosmographie universelle de tout le monde". Paris, 1575. The book w...

$50 / ≈ €47
Maker / Publisher: DE BELLEFOREST, F.
Place & Date: Nicolas Chesneau and Michel Sonnius, Paris,1575
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2012

 


Le vif portaict de la noble ville, & cité de Tours.

Early bird's eye of Tours. In 1575 Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia was translated into French and published in Paris by François de Belle-Forest.

$25 / ≈ €23
Maker / Publisher: DE BELLE-FOREST, Fr.
Place & Date: Paris, 1575
Selling price: $25
Sold in 2012

 


Lugdunum.

Bird's eye view of Lyon.

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1575
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2014

 


Augustodunum Flauia Heduorum.

A fine engraved view of the city of Autun, in France, on the Loire River. Taken from the Latin edition of George Braun and Frans Hogenberg's landmark "Civitates Orbi...

$121 / ≈ €113
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $121
Sold in 2017

 


Bloys.

An early and detailed birds-eye town-view of Bloys. From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2020

 


La ville et Chasteau de Nice.

A rare and early woodcut view of Nice in the Provence, published in "La Cosmographie Universelle de tout le monde", A French version of Sebastian Münster's Cos...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: BELLEFOREST, F. de.
Place & Date: Paris, Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, 1575
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2019

 


Dunkirk,Gravelines,Bourbourg. - Duynkercke [on sheet with] Grevelinge [and] Borborch.

Fine antique copper engraved sheet with one panorama of Dunkirk and other two bird's-eye views by Braun and Hogenberg: Dunkerque, Gravelines and Bourbourg from the second...

Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575

 


BLOIS. - BLOYS

Decorative early view of Blois, from Braun & Hogenberg's Civitatus Orbis Terrarum. The view shows Blois from the southeast, from across the Loire River. The cit...

Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575

 


Blâmont. - Blanmont au Pays de Vauge en Loreyne.

Decorative early panoramic view of Blâmont by Braun and Hogenberg .From the second volume of Braun & Hogenberg's "Civitas Orbis Terrarum. " Latin text to v...

$180 / ≈ €168
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $180
Sold in 2021

 


Besançon, - Vesontionis Antiquissimae Celeberrimaeq Sequanorum qui in Celtica Gallia Burgundiae Comitatus Nomine Censentur Metropolis Imperialisq Civitatis delineatio.

A fine antique map -  bird's-eye view of Besançon, by Braun and Hogenberg, from the: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 2. Köln, 1575. CAPTION: The Sequani called thi...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2022

 


Paris

One of the earliest and most beautiful panoramic views of Paris, based on Sebastian Muenster’s map from 1569. Latin title in cartouche top-left and French title in a ca...

$2200 / ≈ €2059
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $2200
Sold in 2022

 


Lugdunum

Fine bird's-eye view plan of Lyons, with excellent detail of the city and its surroundings. Decorated with a finely dressed man and woman in foreground and two strapwor...

Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. and HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, c1575
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2023

 


Monsiessulanus, Montpellier [on sheet with] Turo, Tours [and] Pictavis, sive Pictavia, Vernaculo Idiomate Poitiers.

Three very desirable and early town-views of Montpellier, Tours and Poitiers.Montpellier: With key to locations. In his brief description of the city, Braun focuses prima...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2015

 


Rotomagus, vulgo Roan, Normandiae Metropolis [on sheet with] Nemavsus, Nismes, Civitas Narbonensie Galliae Vetustissima [and] Civitas Burdegalensis in Aquitanea, Genuina Descrip.

Three very desirable and early town-views of Rouen, Nîmes and Bordeaux.Montpellier: With key to locations. In his brief description of the city, Braun focuses primarily ...

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2014

 


Argentoratum, cuius ob antiquitatem Ptolemeus. . .

Very desirable and early town-plans of Strasbourg in a first state. "Strasbourg is seen from a bird's-eye perspective in a plan view in which the blocks of houses ar...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2016

 


Von der Statt Cales.

Very attractive and detailed birds-eye plan of Calais, France showing the full extent of rivers and moated fortification. It is set in a page of Old German text with text...

$15 / ≈ €14
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basel, 1578
Selling price: $15
Sold in 2017

 


Matiscona vulgo Mascon../ Perpignan/ Chaumont

Bird's-eye view of Macon from his town book.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The "Civitates" was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Col...

$72 / ≈ €67
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $72
Sold

 


De Germania Colmariensis ciuitatis & circumiacentis agri pictura ad uiuum expressa.

Early bird\'s eye view of Colmar. From a French text edition of S. Münster\'s Cosmographia, which was a complete summary of Renaissance knowledge.

$45 / ≈ €42
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1580
Selling price: $45
Sold in 2009

 


Lutetia Parisiorum urbs, toto orbe celeberrima notissimaque, caput regni Franciae.

Early bird\'s eye view of Paris, called at the time Lutetia. From a French text edition of S. Münster\'s Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of Renaissan...

$190 / ≈ €178
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1580
Selling price: $190
Sold in 2008

 


Metz Antiqua et Precipue Belgra Urbs.

A rare early miniature view of Metz by an Italian engraver Francesco Valegio. From the'Nuova raccolta di le piu illustri et famose citta di tutto mondo' by Francesco Vale...

$95 / ≈ €89
Maker / Publisher: VALEGGIO, F.
Place & Date: Venice, 1580
Selling price: $95
Sold in 2017

 


Schletstatt erwan ein Dorff des Heiligen Römischen Reichs.

Woodcut. A topographical map of the imperial city of SELESTAT or Schletstad in the province of Alsace, France. Published by Münster in the German edition of “Cosmogra...

$19 / ≈ €18
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basel, 1580
Selling price: $19
Sold in 2016

 


Rochella Munitissimum Galliae Opp.

A fine example of the plan of La Rochelle, with its defensive fortifications. From the greatest publication in this genre!. The plates from Georg Braun and Frans Hogenber...

Maker / Publisher: BRAUN & HOGENBERG.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $88
Sold in 2022

 


La Ville de Cambray.

Bird's eye view with citadel. - From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun ga...

$55 / ≈ €51
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $55
Sold in 2020

 


Tvrones vulgo Yours le jardon de France / Andegavvm vulgo Angiers.

Two decorative views on one double page. - From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedra...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2018

 


Saintes.

Decorative bird's-eye view on one double page. - From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Ca...

$60 / ≈ €56
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2020

 


Grenoble & Romans-sur-Isère. - Gratianopolis Acusianoru Colonia, ... [on sheet with] Romans Delfinatus vulgo Daufine in Gallia Oppidu.

Fine antique copper engraved sheet with two bird's-eye views/plans by Braun and Hogenberg: Grenoble & Romans-sur-Isère from the third volume of Braun & Hogenberg...

$230 / ≈ €215
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $230
Sold in 2021

 


Autun & Nevers. - Augustodunum [on sheet with] Noviodunum.

Fine antique copper engraved sheet with two bird's-eye plans on one sheet: Autun and Nevers, from the third volume of Braun & Hogenberg's "Civitas Orbis Terrarum...

Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581

 


Chartres & Châteaudun. - Autricum, Prolemeo in Gallia Lugdunensis Urbs; vulgo, cum Villa nouano, Chartres. [on sheet with:] Chasteaudunum, Comitatus vulgo Dunoys in Gallia Oppidum primorium.

Fine antique copper engraved sheet with two bird's-eye plans by Braun and Hogenberg: Chartres and Châteaudun. From the third volume of Braun & Hogenberg's "Civi...

Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581

 


Lille - Insula - Ryssele.

A fine antique bird's-eye plan of Lille with key to locations, by Braun and Hogenberg, from the: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 3. Köln, 1581. COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: ...

Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581

 


Valenciennes, Valencena, quondam Cygnorum Vallis, Urbs Han: Perelegas, et Valde Magnifica.

A fine antique bird's-eye plan of Valenciennes, by Braun and Hogenberg, from the: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 3. Köln, 1581. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Valen...

Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581

 


Arras - Atrebatum, fertilissimae Artesiae Urbs primaria, elegantissimo situ, . . .

A fine antique bird's-eye plan of Arras with key to locations, by Braun and Hogenberg, from the: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 3. Köln, 1581. TRANSLATION OF CARTOU...

Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581

 


Douai, - Duacum, Catuacorum Urbs, tam situ, quam incolis, et litterarum studijs elegantissime ornata.

A fine antique map -  bird's-eye view of Douai, by Braun and Hogenberg, from the: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 3. Köln, 1581. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: ...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2022

 


Rouen, - Rhotomagus, Galliae Lugdunensis as Sequanam flu. Opp. vulgo Rouen.

A fine antique map -  bird's-eye view of Rouen, by Braun and Hogenberg, from the: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 3. Köln, 1581.With a French key to locations. Two ...

$290 / ≈ €271
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $290
Sold in 2022

 


Avignon.

A fine bird?s eye view of the ancient capital of Provence, Avignon, from the famous CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM. The work contains a 45 point legend, identifying key sights....

$475 / ≈ €444
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1585
Selling price: $475
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Bethunae urbis Artesiae Genvina Descrip.

An uncommon view of Bethune, located in Pas-de-Calais. Shows the city behinds its walls, with numerous detailed buildings, some named above.The view provides a fine depic...

$175 / ≈ €164
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. & HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $175
Sold in 2016

 


Mâcon & Chalon-sur-Saône. - Matiscona, vulgo Mascon; ad Araeim flu: probe munitum Burgundiae Oppidum M.D.LXXX [on sheet with] Cabillinum, Indigenis, Chalon, ut agri uberiimi, ita saluberrimi coeli, . . .

Fine antique copper engraved sheet with two bird's-eye views by Braun and Hogenberg: Mâcon and Chalon-sur-Saône. from the forth volume of Braun & Hogenberg's &quo...

Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588

 


St. Omer. - S. Audomari Fanum S. Aulmer, ...

A handsome birds-eye view/map of the northwest French city of St. Omer, from "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", in fine color. From the uncommon forth volume of Brau...

Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588

 


Hesdin, - Hesdyn Fort

A fine antique map -  bird's-eye view of Hesdin, by Braun and Hogenberg, from the: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 4. Köln, 1588. This striking bird's-eye plan ...

Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588

 


Bethune.

A fine antique panoramic view of Bethune, by Braun and Hogenberg, from the: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 4. Köln, 1588. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: True-to-lif...

Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588

 


Cambrai - Cambray.

A fine antique panoramic view of Cambrai, by Braun and Hogenberg, from the: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 4. Köln, 1588.COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "Cambrai is a bro...

Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg / HOGENBERG, Frans.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588

 


Abcontrafehtung der schönen und weitberümpten Statt Leon.

Map shows the city of Lyon wit a beautiful border.From a German text edition of his Cosmographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.

$90 / ≈ €84
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER,S
Place & Date: Basle 1550-1590
Selling price: $90
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Hie siechstu wie gelegen seint . . Plate 261.

Early print showing an army position near the town of Dreux in France on 14 March 1590 during the French Wars of Religion.Plate from the series about the " Eighty Ye...

$25 / ≈ €23
Maker / Publisher: HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1590
Selling price: $25
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Des Konigs undder Fursten regiment . . . Plate 32.

Plate from the series about the " Eighty Years' War" or the independence war of Holland against Spain, we know of approximately four hundred engravings by Frans...

$25 / ≈ €23
Maker / Publisher: HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1590
Selling price: $25
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PARIS

Early print showing the capture of Barnabé Brisson in Paris, who was hanged on 15 November by the Spanish.Plate from the series about the " Eighty-Years War" o...

$75 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1590
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2020

 


[Matiscona / Chalon-sur-Soane].

MACON: This is a bird's-eye view from the south of the town, which is fortified with moats, walls and bastions. With numerous churches, including the Gothic cathedral of ...

$70 / ≈ €66
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1590
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2019

 


[Hesdin]. Hesdinum. . .

A perspective birds-eye view of the northern French city of Hesdin. It lies in the 'Pay-de-Calais region. The city is dominated by a large town square and the church of N...

$50 / ≈ €47
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1590
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2019