Braun and Hogenberg

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Gandavum, Aplissima Flandriae Urbs. . . . (Ghent.)

Copper plate engraving, 1572-1618.
Image size 13 1/4 x 18 7/8" (337 x 479 mm).
Good condition, save for two faint stains in the lower margin and some tiny holes along the centerfold. Period coloring. LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 80514
Price: $675.00
Publisher : A fine view of the city of Ghent from Braun & Hogenberg’s “Civitates Orbis Terrarum." The following is a translation of the text on front of map: "Ghent, the most splendid city in Flanders, was founded by Julius Caesar and called Gaius after his forename, as the Brabant chroniclers relate. The city is distinguished by its rivers, altogether delightful, magnificent, spacious, never confined, nowhere stifling."Latin text on verso. Maps

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