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BRAUN, Georg and Frans HOGENBURG. Beschreibung und Contrafactur der vornembster Stät der Welt. [Civitates orbis terrarum, volume 1]. Cologne: [H. von Aich], 1574.
2° (392 x 270mm). Engraved title (torn with slight loss), German text, 59 double-page engraved maps on guards, 5 leaves of printed index only, loosely inserted a duplicate of plate 7 (Rouen, hand-coloured), with Norwich, Brightstowe, Chester and Edinburgh (B & H III 1-4) and Oxford and Windsor (B & H II 2, hand-coloured). (Rather soiled, tears, many affecting illustrations, occasionally with slight loss.) Contemporary vellum (worn). Provenance: A. Meyer v. Schauensee (armorial bookplate. Koeman II B & H 7.
2° (392 x 270mm). Engraved title (torn with slight loss), German text, 59 double-page engraved maps on guards, 5 leaves of printed index only, loosely inserted a duplicate of plate 7 (Rouen, hand-coloured), with Norwich, Brightstowe, Chester and Edinburgh (B & H III 1-4) and Oxford and Windsor (B & H II 2, hand-coloured). (Rather soiled, tears, many affecting illustrations, occasionally with slight loss.) Contemporary vellum (worn). Provenance: A. Meyer v. Schauensee (armorial bookplate. Koeman II B & H 7.