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Auction: 15040 - Antique Maps sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 162

Maps
Middle East
Syria - Damascus
1575 Damascus, urbs nobilissima ad Libanum montem Totius Syriae Metropolis, by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg; 20½ x 16 inches, hand-coloured.

A very decorative bird's eye view of Damascus, published in the Latin edition of "Civitates Orbis Terrarum". The staffage in the front represents Syrian inhabitants and inscriptions refer to biblical incidents on the town plan. From 1572 to 1590 the publishers issued six volumes of this town-atlases in five different languages. These folios became the most famous publications in this genre.

Usual central reinforcement, small splits in the upper and lower margins, minor ageing. Photo

Estimate
SG$800 to SG$1,000