Live auction - Lot 579
[Belgium - Hainaut]
Nobilis Hannoniae comitatus descriptio. Pays de Haynault tenu de Dieu et du Soleil.
[Antwerp], 1589
€ 300 / 400
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Lot description
Engr., 33,2 x 45,3 cm (tiny spot in central fold, some ms. corrections in an old hand).
Laid down on laid paper with old ms. notes (2 tears not affecting pl. (restored on verso), sl. soiled along edges).
Curious, almost identical, early copy by A. Huberti of the renowned armorial map of Hainaut County from "Civitates orbis terrarum" by Braun & Hogenberg (1st 1581). Captions in Latin and French.
Ref. Cp. Van der Krogt [P-Hainaut{heraldry}:41].