Antique Print-PLAN-SLUIS-ZEELAND-SLUSA-SLUYS-NETHERLANDS-Hogenberg-Braun-c. 1599
Frans Hogenberg
From Pictura Prints, Art & Books, Overasselt, Netherlands
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 01 November 2019
From Pictura Prints, Art & Books, Overasselt, Netherlands
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 01 November 2019
About this Item
'SLUYS.'Original antique plan of the town of Sluis in Zeeland, The Netherlands. Two coats of arms. On verso text in latin.Made by Frans Hogenberg after Braun.Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.Sheet size: 50 x 37.5 cm (19.69 x 14.76 inch). Image size: 41 x 29.5 cm. (16.14 x 11.61 inch).PLAN-SLUIS-ZEELAND-SLUSA-SLUYS-NETHERLANDS | RBOS-A9-03BACKGROUND INFORMATIONPublished by G. Braun and F. Hogenberg in Cologne Germany c 1599.Biography engraver: Frans Hogenberg (1533-1588) was the son of a Munich engraver who settled in Malines. He engraved most of the plates for Ortelius' Theatrum and the majority of those in the Civitates, and may have been responsible for originating the project. Worked and died in Cologne/Germany. He was a prolific copper engraver and etching artist of maps and town views. In cooperation with Georg Braun he created the first four volumes of the Civitates Orbis Terrarum in 1572.Biography artist: Georg Braun (1542-1622), a German publisher and Frans Hogenberg issued the famous six volume town book 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' between 1572 and 1618. The volumes originally published in Latin, follow 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. Condition: good, given age. Original fold as published. Paper partly browned. Damp stain in right margin. Tear in margin restored. Lower right corner reinforced. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Seller Inventory # RB-1324
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Publisher: c. 1599
Publication Date: 1599
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