Arras. - Atrebatum, Episcopalis et Metropolitica Artesiae Civitas. First edition of the engraving from Civitates Orbis Terrarum.
Koeln: Braun & Hogenberg, circa 1580. Engraving. 18 x 51.5cm. Latin text verso.
Georg Braun, born 1542 and Frans Hogenberg, born around 1536, German publishers and engravers, published the famous six volume town book Civitates Orbis Terrarum between 1572 and 1618. The volumes originally published in Latin, followed by German and French translations. The plates passed to Jan Janssonius who reissued the town books in 1657 while removing the costume figures on the plates. Braun died in 1622, Hogenberg in 1588......Fauser 9039 & 692.....Expertise by Jean Lequoy Librairie Giraud-Badin 22, rue Guynemer 75006 Paris. Item #51-4519
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