Braun & Hogenberg

AS 131210

Syria > Damascus, Dimaschq

"Damaskus, urbs noblißima ad Libanum montem, totius Syriae Metropois"

Birds-eye-view of Damascus, the capital city of Syria.

Coloured copper engraving by Braun & Hogenberg from 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', Cologne 1575, vol. II, 32 x 35,5 cm.

€ 700,-

Georg Braun (1541 – 1622) & Frans Hogenberg (1535 – 1590)

Georg Braun (1541 - 1622). Publisher and geographer. Frans Hogenberg (1535 - 1590). Engraver and publisher. Edited together the first atlas with views and town plans of the world, 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', which was published in 6 volumes in Cologne from 1572 (till 1618).

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