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[BRAUN, Georg and Franz HOGENBERG. Civitates orbis terrarum, Cologne: 1572], part I only, folio, 21 double-page engraved town plans only, all with contemporary hand-colouring, including Paris, Amsterdam, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Calcutta, Cairo, Goa and Mexico (plan of Burgos and San Sebastian holed with loss in several places, plan of Brussels with 3½ inch repaired tear, that of Liege holed with slight loss and with one coat-of-arms badly rubbed, some rubbing and dampstaining along central folds, marginal soiling, one or two maps with traces of tissue adhering to surface area, lacking engraved and printed titles and some text, text and engravings alike mounted on guards), recent calf (spine splitting). Sold not subject to return.