Auction 16
INTERIORS
Apr 17, 2016
(Your local time)
Israel
15 Frishman St. Tel Aviv
Terms of sale
View demo
15% commission.
The auction has ended
LOT 172:
Braun George, & Franz Hogenberg
more...
|
|
![]() |
Sold for: $180
Estimated price:
$
50 - $65
Auction house commission:
20%
VAT: On commission only
|
Santander, Civitates Orbis Terrarum. Cologne., c.1590, French edition.
Beautiful view of the Spanish city of Santander. Showing the port and harbour, ships in the bay, mountains beyond and three women, a donkey and a baby in the foreground. Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum was a monumental work completed over 45 years between 1572 and 1617, and was one of the best-selling works of the late sixteenth-century. It was the first systematic city atlas (containing the first printed views of many towns). Ortelius, who travelled with the artist Joris Hoefnagel supplied much of the material, which was then engraved by Novellus and Hogenburg. George Braun wrote the text. There were a number of editions, but it is extremely difficult (and as Koeman says 'of secondary importance') to differentiate between them, as the state of the plates, their number and order does not vary. Very good condition
copper engraving, uncoloured
h:42 w:53 cm.
Other Notes: Location: Israel.
For estimated delivery time please contact us.
![](https://bidspirit-portal.global.ssl.fastly.net/common/images/system/pagePreLoader.gif)
![](https://bidspirit-portal.global.ssl.fastly.net/common/images/system/pagePreLoader.gif)