Bruan & Hogenberg View of Parma, Seina, Palermo, etc in
BRAUN, Georg (1541-1622) & HOGENBERG, Frans (1535-1590).
Parma, Siena, Palermo, Trapani (Parma, Sena, Palermo, Drepanum).
Engraving with original hand color.
Cologne: 1572-1618 from Civitates Orbis Terrarum.
15 3/4" 20 3/4" sheet.
Comparable: Swaen Map Auction, 2007 - $560.
"Palermo is one of the most successful and largest cities in Sicily; it lies in a favourably lcoated and attractive valley towards the north, was surrounded by walls by King Henry VI and the Tyrrhenian Sea reaches right up to the city. The Old Town has three gates and old ramparts of massive ashlars and on one of these towers is written that Palermo is supposed to have been built during the time of Noah." - Georg Braun.
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BRAUN, Georg (1541-1622) & HOGENBERG, Frans (1535-1590).
Parma, Siena, Palermo, Trapani (Parma, Sena, Palermo, Drepanum).
Engraving with original hand color.
Cologne: 1572-1618 from Civitates Orbis Terrarum.
15 3/4" 20 3/4" sheet.
Comparable: Swaen Map Auction, 2007 - $560.
"Palermo is one of the most successful and largest cities in Sicily; it lies in a favourably lcoated and attractive valley towards the north, was surrounded by walls by King Henry VI and the Tyrrhenian Sea reaches right up to the city. The Old Town has three gates and old ramparts of massive ashlars and on one of these towers is written that Palermo is supposed to have been built during the time of Noah." - Georg Braun.
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