Krakow. Aveline (Antoine, publisher), Cracovie, Ville de la Haute ou Petite Pologne, circa 1690

Krakow. Aveline (Antoine, publisher), Cracovie, Ville de la Haute ou Petite Pologne, Paris, circa 1690, hand-coloured engraved panorama, 210 x 310 mm, together with Leopold (Joseph Friedrich, publisher). Cracovia Cracau, Augsburg, circa 1730, engraved panorama with contemporary hand-colouring, 205 x 295 mm, with Schlenker (Johann Christian, publisher). Cracau, Löbau, circa 1797, uncoloured woodblock panorama, originally published in 'Sächsischer Postillion', 185 x 295 mm, plus Carini (Giuseppe). Planta di Cracovia, Florence, circa 1831, hand-coloured engraved city plan, old folds, 315 x 465 mm, and Braun (G. & Hogenberg F.). Mons Calvariae, Cologne [1618], uncoloured aerial plan of Kalwarya Zebrysdowska (southeast of Krakow) 325 x 460 mm, Latin text on verso, with another five engraved views, prospects and battle plans of Krakow, including examples by or after Sadebeck, Bodenehr, Bouttats, Albrecht and Diderot, various sizes, good condition

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The Braun & Hogenberg panoramic view shows pilgrims on their way to Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, a famous place of pilgrimage southwest of Cracow. In the years 1600-1604 Mikolaj Zebrzydowski, the Voivode of Cracow, inspired by the descriptions of Jerusalem by Christian Adrian Cruys, ordered the reconstruction and renaming of the region around Mount Zarek, modelled as accurately as possible on the actual topography of Jerusalem. Today it is a World Heritage site where passion plays are performed during Holy Week, which attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators.

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