VALENCENA, QUONDAM CYGNORUM VALLIS, VRBS HAN:… (VALENCIENNES, FRANCE).

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Braun and Hogenberg

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Valencena, Quondam Cygnorum Vallis, Vrbs Han:… (Valenciennes, France).

Handcolored copper plate engraving, 1572-1618.
Image size 13 7/8 x 15 1/8" (352 x 384 mm) plus margins.
Very good condition save for two small worm hole in the lower right quarter of the image. Nicely colored.
LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 346
Price: $475.00
Publisher :
A fine plan of the city of Valencia in Spain from George Braun and F. Hogenberg's "Civitates Orbis Terrarum." This publication was the first atlas of town plans and views that encompassed the whole world. This city is located in France on the border with Belgium. Maps

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