Patavium - Antique map

Author: Braun, Georg - Hogenberg, Frans

Publisher: Hierat, Anton

Published: Cologne

Publishing year: 1635

Padua. "Patavium Nobilissima Et litterarum studijs Florentissima Italice Civitatis". Orig. copper-engraving, Braun - Hogenberg, "Civitates Orbis Terrarum". (Published by A. Hierat Jr. in Cologne, ca. 1635). With engraved title on the left and explanatory notes (1.-62.!) on the right. 39:48,5 cm (15 1/2 x 19 inch.).

State without decorative cartouches, not mentioned in Koeman (van der Krogt) - rare. - A birds-eye-view of Padua from the sixth and the last volume of Civitates Orbis Terrarum ("Theatri Praecipuarum Totius Mundi Urbium Liber Sextus"), published in much smaller edition than previous volumes, , and it is therefore rarer than most of Braun & Hogenberg city views. - Some expert repairs in margins.

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