Live auction - Lot 597
[France - Burgundy]
1 view and 4 plans on 3 sheets.
[Cologne, 1575-1595]
Hammer price: €
160
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
Engr., 32,8/35,3 x 42,5/49,4 cm, hand-coloured (light traces of vertical folds).
Hinged at upper edges. Under passe-partout.
1. Vesontio sequanorum Gallis Besanson Germanis Byzantz. [1575]. Besançon, enclosed in a meander of the river Doubs, played an important role as a stronghold in a border region, changing hands many times through its history. - 2. Augustodunum, [...] vulgo Authun, Burgundiae opp. Noviodunum, [...] Vigenerus, Nevers indigetat. [1581]. Bird's-eye views of Autun and Nevers. - 3. Matiscona, vulgo Mascon [...]. Cabillinum, indigenis Chalon [...]. [1595]. View on Mâcon, with the famous Saint-Laurent bridge, next to a view on Chalon-sur-Saône, both along the Saône. From a Latin or French ed. of the "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" (text on verso, leaves 16, 10 & 4).
Ref. Van der Krogt [Besançon:41.1], [Mâcon;Chalon(S):41.1] & [Autun;Nevers:41.1].