Live auction - Lot 603
[France - Rouen]
3 views on 2 sheets.
[Cologne, G. von Kempen]
€ 120 / 150
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Lot description
Engr., 30,4/32,8 x 37,6/47 cm, hand-coloured (few tiny spots).
Hinged at upper edges. Under passe-partout.
1. Rhotomagus, Galliae Lugdunensis ad sequanam flu. opp. vulgo Rouen. [1588]. Large bird's-eye view of Rouen along the River Seine, founded by the Gaulish tribe Veliocasses and known by the Romans as "Rotomagus" in the province "Gallia Lugdunensis". - 2. Rotomagus, vulgo Roan [...]. Nemausus, Nismes [...]. Civitatis Burdegalensis [...]. [1579]. 2nd state. Larger view of Rouen above 2 smaller views of Nîmes and Bordeaux. From a Latin and French ed. of the "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" (text on verso, leaf 10 & 12).
Ref. Van der Krogt [Rouen:41A.3] (1) & [Rouen;etc:41.2].