Description:
Istanbul. Georg Braun (1541-1622) and Franz Hogenberg (fl. circa 1540-1590)Byzantium nunc Constantinopolis. Cologne, c. 1570
Double-page folio copper-plate engraved map on paper, typographical text on verso, hand-colored, the earliest state, with the last rondelle on the bottom right corner empty, matted and framed, fading along central fold, small tear with loss at the top center of the border, slight surface dust, 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.
Estimate $700-900
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