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14 May 2019 - 14:00 (CEST) -
Salle 15 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg are two names inseparable from the first atlas of city views from the late 16th century.
Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, Theatre of Cities of the World (Cologne, c. 1575-1618) six tomes in two in-folio volumes, red Morocco leather; Du Seuil decorations, c. 1620-1630. Estimate: €250,000/300,000
Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, Theatre of Cities of the World (Cologne, c. 1575-1618) six tomes in two in-folio volumes, red Morocco leather; Du Seuil decorations, c. 1620-1630. Estimate: €250,000/300,000
Brought together in two large in-folio volumes, these six complete tomes, with their period even colouring, were published and bound in France: proof, if any were needed, of our compatriots' interest in this type of book. This monument of European cartography, initially published…
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