Live auction - Lot 529
[Africa - Egypt]
Alexandria, vetustissimum Aegypti emporium, amplissima civitas, ab Alexandro Magno condita [...].
[Cologne, G. Braun], 1572-1617
€ 250 / 350
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Lot description
Engr., 37 x 48 cm, hand-coloured (a couple of tiny wormholes, outer margin sl. frayed).
Loose sheet.
Bird's-eye view of Alexandria, located on the Nile Delta. From G. Braun and F. Hogenberg's "Civitates Orbis Terrarum". Latin text on verso, numbered 56.