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Palermo Title: Palermo - Panormus Corona Regis, et Urbium Sicularum maxima, Emporium celebratissimum. Cartographer: Braun, Georg and Hogenberg, Franz Published: Cologne, Date: 1617 Size: [32,7 x 49,8 cm] Technic: Copper engraving / later handcolor Description: Original copper-engraving, handcolored in wash, published 1617 in the townbook 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' by Braun and Hogenberg. The entire series of the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' comprised six volumes and was published and printed from 1572 towards 1619. Decorative bird's eye view of the city of Palermo in Sicily. Highly decorative view of the city with its walls, the port and the nearby surounding. With many decorative ships in the port of Palermo, two engraved title cartouches and at the bottom with a large table of 162 explanations. Notes: In excellent condition, on the full sheet as published. Latin text edition verso. Condition: Excellent Reference: Koeman, B & H # 4; Price: /
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