Scopa vulgo Schuepa - Antique map

Author: Braun, Georg - Hogenberg, Frans

Publisher: Hierat, Anton

Published: Cologne

Publishing year: 1617

Zschopau. "Scopa vulgo Schuepa Elegans Misniae civitas". Orig. copper-engraving after G. and J. Hoefnagel from the 6th part of Latin ed. of Braun and Hogenberg's "Civitates Orbis Terrarum". Published 1617/18. With ornamental title-cartouche, another ornamental cartouche with explanatory notes (A.-F.) and several figures in the foreground. 31,5:45 cm (12 1/2 x 17 3/4 inch.).

Koeman IV, map 4955, ed. 41:1-3 (1617/18 B&H 6). - A birds-eye-view of Zschopau, a town in the Erzgebirgskreis district of Saxony, Germany. - Fine, dark impression. - This view of Zschopau is from the sixth and last volume of Civitates Orbis Terrarum, published in a much smaller edition than previous volumes, and it is therefore rarer than most of Braun & Hogenberg city views.

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