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Lot 221
GEORG BRAUN (1541-1622) AND FRANZ HOGENBERG (1536-1590)
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GEORG BRAUN (1541-1622) AND FRANZ HOGENBERG (1536-1590)
Londinum Feracissimi Angliae Regni Metropolis. [Cologne: after 1574]. Hand-coloured engraved map (platemark 332 x 485mm; with margins 400 x 523mm). Title cartouche with border of roses and swags, Tudor Royal and City arms, Latin text on verso. (Fold mark in middle, waterstain to bottom margin, browned, small hole.)
'THE BEST KNOWN AND MOST IMPORTANT OF THE SURVIVING EARLY MAP-VIEWS OF LONDON' (Darlington & Howgego p.10). State 4 with Westminster spelled 'West Muster' and the addition of the Royal Exchange which opened in 1570 and was used from 1574. From Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum, 'The first atlas of town plans and views embracing the whole world' (Tooley Dictionary p. 80), this 'map gives a fascinating picture of the capital before Elizabeth came to the throne' (Glanville). Darlington & Howgego, no. 2; Glanville pl. 3; Koenman 2433.
Londinum Feracissimi Angliae Regni Metropolis. [Cologne: after 1574]. Hand-coloured engraved map (platemark 332 x 485mm; with margins 400 x 523mm). Title cartouche with border of roses and swags, Tudor Royal and City arms, Latin text on verso. (Fold mark in middle, waterstain to bottom margin, browned, small hole.)
'THE BEST KNOWN AND MOST IMPORTANT OF THE SURVIVING EARLY MAP-VIEWS OF LONDON' (Darlington & Howgego p.10). State 4 with Westminster spelled 'West Muster' and the addition of the Royal Exchange which opened in 1570 and was used from 1574. From Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum, 'The first atlas of town plans and views embracing the whole world' (Tooley Dictionary p. 80), this 'map gives a fascinating picture of the capital before Elizabeth came to the throne' (Glanville). Darlington & Howgego, no. 2; Glanville pl. 3; Koenman 2433.
GEORG BRAUN (1541-1622) AND FRANZ HOGENBERG (1536-1590)
Londinum Feracissimi Angliae Regni Metropolis. [Cologne: after 1574]. Hand-coloured engraved map (platemark 332 x 485mm; with margins 400 x 523mm). Title cartouche with border of roses and swags, Tudor Royal and City arms, Latin text on verso. (Fold mark in middle, waterstain to bottom margin, browned, small hole.)
'THE BEST KNOWN AND MOST IMPORTANT OF THE SURVIVING EARLY MAP-VIEWS OF LONDON' (Darlington & Howgego p.10). State 4 with Westminster spelled 'West Muster' and the addition of the Royal Exchange which opened in 1570 and was used from 1574. From Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum, 'The first atlas of town plans and views embracing the whole world' (Tooley Dictionary p. 80), this 'map gives a fascinating picture of the capital before Elizabeth came to the throne' (Glanville). Darlington & Howgego, no. 2; Glanville pl. 3; Koenman 2433.
Londinum Feracissimi Angliae Regni Metropolis. [Cologne: after 1574]. Hand-coloured engraved map (platemark 332 x 485mm; with margins 400 x 523mm). Title cartouche with border of roses and swags, Tudor Royal and City arms, Latin text on verso. (Fold mark in middle, waterstain to bottom margin, browned, small hole.)
'THE BEST KNOWN AND MOST IMPORTANT OF THE SURVIVING EARLY MAP-VIEWS OF LONDON' (Darlington & Howgego p.10). State 4 with Westminster spelled 'West Muster' and the addition of the Royal Exchange which opened in 1570 and was used from 1574. From Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum, 'The first atlas of town plans and views embracing the whole world' (Tooley Dictionary p. 80), this 'map gives a fascinating picture of the capital before Elizabeth came to the throne' (Glanville). Darlington & Howgego, no. 2; Glanville pl. 3; Koenman 2433.
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