Leopolis - Antique map

Author: Braun, Georg - Hogenberg, Frans

Publisher: Hierat, Anton

Publishing year: 1618

"Leopolis Russiae Australis Urbs primaria emporium marcium Orientalium celeberrimum". Orig. copper-engraving from the 6th part of Latin ed. of Braun and Hogenberg's "Civitates Orbis Terrarum". Published 1618. With ornamntal title-cartouche and 4 coats of arms. 28,5:51 cm (11 1/4 x 20 inch.).

Koeman IV, map 2524, ed. 41:1 (1617/18 B&H 6). - A panoramic view of Lviv (German: Lemberg), a city in western Ukraine. - This view comes from the sixth and last volume of Civitates Orbis Terrarum ("Theatri Praecipuarum Totius Mundi Urbivm Liber Sextus"), published in a much smaller edition than previous volumes, and it is therefore rarer than most of Braun & Hogenberg city views. - Margins expertly (and imperceptibly) completed and retouched - on the lef ca. 0-1 mm affecting the marginal line of the picture and on the right out of plate.

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