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Sexta etas Mudi. Metis. [Metz] Folio CX.
A imaginary view of Metz: however the earliest obtainable view of this period. Shows in upper left a castle and to the right the cathedral depicted as a mosque. It includ...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2017
Tolosa. Folio LXXI (Toulouse)
Panoramic view of Toulouse. A imaginary view: however the earliest obtainable view of this period.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Nuremberg Chron...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2016
Sexta Etas Mudi. /Ordo Cartusiensum.. / Nicea Urbs.. / Folio XCIIII
A imaginary view of Nice: however the earliest obtainable view of this period. On verso, it shows the first house of the Order of the Carthusians, founded by St Bruno, he...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2020
Quarta Etas Mundi. Folium.LXI
The Latin text page is illustrated with a imaginary view of Marseille, however the earliest obtainable view of this period. VERSO : Kings, Noble men and women and scienti...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2013
Nissa. (Nice)
A imaginary view of Nice (200x508mm.) : however the earliest obtainable view of this period. On verso the right hand part of a double page panoramic view of Lübeck in Sc...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $240
Sold in 2015
Massilia.
Very early imaginary view of Marseilles, the earliest available view of the city. There are several uncolored portraits on verso. On a full page with Latin text.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1493
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2016
Nicea urbs.
Very early imaginary view of Nice in France, the earliest available view of the city. On a full page with Latin text on both side.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1493
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2018
Warhaffte abcontrafactur der namhafften Statt St. Quintin sampt aller Laegerstatt und umbligenden Ort wie sie von Konigs Philippi Heer im jar 1557 belagert worden
Rare and charming woodcut of St. Quentin. A bird's eye view of the siege of St. Quentin in Aisne (France) by the forces of King Philip II of Spain, in 1557. It shows the ...
Place & Date: Basel, H.Petri, ca. 1550
Selling price: $90
Sold in 2020
Don Gallia.
A detailed vieGravelines, from an early edition of Sebastian Münster's 'Cosmography'.Münster's 'Cosmography' was one of the most influential geographical works of the 1...
Place & Date: Basil, c 1550
Selling price: $35
Sold in 2016
Die Statt Paris etlicher mass figuriert und contrafehtet nach ietziger gelegenheit.
A remarkable cityscape, because unlike most cityscapes in the Cosmographia, where the bird's-eye perspective or the profile view on cities is used, here we find what come...
Place & Date: Basel, H.Petri, ca. 1550
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2020
Le rhein de la Gaule, pourtraicte selon la figure qu'elle a auiourdhuy.
Panoramic town-view along River Rhine in French Alsace. In lower left HSD. There is no information available for the monogamist HSD, we think he originates from Worms.Tak...
Place & Date: Basle, c.1560
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2014
Selestat ou Schletstat, cité impériale, située au milieu du pays d'Alsace. . .
Panoramic of Sélestat in the French Alsace region. In lower right corner: RMD [Rudoplh Manuel called Deutsch who was a well-known wood-cutter].Taken from Sebastian Mün...
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1560
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2014
Rubeaquum Rusach (Château D'Isenbourg)
Rubeaquum Rufach is a detailed woodcut by Sebastian Münster showing the famous Château D'Isenbourg located in the heart of the vineyards on the Alsace wine route and th...
Place & Date: Basil, 1564
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2018
CHALES [Calais]
Rare Lafreri School town-plan of Calais, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortezze P...
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1567
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2018
Perpignan.
Extremely rare panoramic view showing the siege of the town of Perpignan in 1595. Also showing the towns of Narbonne, Rivesaltes along with the Mediterranean coast.Engrav...
Place & Date: Venice 1568
Selling price: $300
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Desegno et circutio della citta di Metz.
Extremely rare panoramic view showing a plan of the siege of the town of Metz. In bottom left a numbered key 1-53. Engraved by Paolo Furlani (active 1561-1577), his addre...
Place & Date: Venice 1568
Selling price: $300
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Parisi.
Rare Lafreri School town-plan of Paris, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortezze Pr...
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $1200
Sold in 2011
Gravelinga.
Rare Lafreri School town-plan of Gravelines, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortez...
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $52
Sold in 2014
Guines.
Rare Lafreri School town-plan of Guines, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortezze P...
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2014
Thion ville.
Rare Lafreri School town-plan of Thionville, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortez...
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $40
Sold in 2014
Lutetia, Vulgari Nomine Paris, Urbs Gallia Maxima, sequana navigabili flumine irrigatur. . . frequeta universitate excelenti, stupendi opera Tempso B. Maria..
Beautiful and early town-plan of Paris with title cartouche and figures in the foreground. The Bastille is shown at the upper center of the engraving and the Notre-Dame c...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1572
Selling price: $2400
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Lutetia vulgari Nomine Paris, Urbs Galliae Maxima ...
Based on Sebastian Munster's map of 1569, this exceptional town plan of 16th Century Paris depicts in details the city as it evolved from a small settlement on an island ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2012
Lutetia vulgari Nomine Paris, Urbs Galliae Maxima, ...
Based on Sebastian Munster's map of 1569, this exceptional town plan of 16th Century Paris depicts in details the city as it evolved from a small settlement on an island ...
Place & Date: Cologne, c.1572
Selling price: $3000
Sold in 2013
Nimes and Bordeaux.
Text in top frame: "Rotomagus, vulgo Roan, Normandiae Metropolis depingebat Georgius Hoefnagle, cum privilegio."Lower Left Frame - Text: "Nemausus; Nismes ...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1572
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2013
Lutetia, vulgari nomine Paris, urbs Gallia...
Beautiful and early town-plan of Paris with title cartouche and figures in the foreground. The Bastille is shown at the upper center of the engraving and the Notre-Dame c...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1572
Selling price: $1500
Sold in 2020
Montpellier,Tours,Poitiers. - Monsiessulanus [on sheet with] Turo [and] Pictavis, sive Pictavia, Vernaculo Idiomate...
Fine antique copper engraved sheet with three bird's-eye views by Braun and Hogenberg: Montpellier, Tours and Poitiers from the first volume of Braun & Hogenberg's &q...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572
Selling price: $280
Sold in 2021
Rochella munitissimum galliae opp :
Town-plan of La Rochelle, with a numbered key (1-16) in the upper left corner gives the locations of the important buildings and landmarks.From volume II of Braun and Hog...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1574
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2011
Rochella munitissimum galliae opp :
Town-plan of La Rochelle, with a numbered key (1-16) in the upper left corner gives the locations of the important buildings and landmarks.From volume II of Braun and Hog...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1574
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2012
Die statt Montpellier . . .
Panoramic view of Montpellier by Sebastian Münster. Title and a description of the city on verso. With a lettered key underneath the engraving. From the German edition o...
Place & Date: Basel, 1574
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2019
Bloys.
Early and detailed birds-eye town-view of Bloys. From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Ca...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $240
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Le Vray pourtraict de la ville d'Aix en Provence.
A very decorative and rare town-plan of Aix en Provence from Franc¸ois de Belleforest's "La Cosmographie universelle de tout le monde". Paris, 1575. The book w...
Place & Date: Nicolas Chesneau and Michel Sonnius, Paris,1575
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2012
Le vif portaict de la noble ville, & cité de Tours.
Early bird's eye of Tours. In 1575 Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia was translated into French and published in Paris by François de Belle-Forest.
Place & Date: Paris, 1575
Selling price: $25
Sold in 2012
Lugdunum.
Bird's eye view of Lyon.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1575
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2014
Augustodunum Flauia Heduorum.
A fine engraved view of the city of Autun, in France, on the Loire River. Taken from the Latin edition of George Braun and Frans Hogenberg's landmark "Civitates Orbi...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $121
Sold in 2017
Bloys.
An early and detailed birds-eye town-view of Bloys. From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2020
La ville et Chasteau de Nice.
A rare and early woodcut view of Nice in the Provence, published in "La Cosmographie Universelle de tout le monde", A French version of Sebastian Münster's Cos...
Place & Date: Paris, Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, 1575
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2019
Blâmont. - Blanmont au Pays de Vauge en Loreyne.
Decorative early panoramic view of Blâmont by Braun and Hogenberg .From the second volume of Braun & Hogenberg's "Civitas Orbis Terrarum. " Latin text to v...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $180
Sold in 2021
Besançon, - Vesontionis Antiquissimae Celeberrimaeq Sequanorum qui in Celtica Gallia Burgundiae Comitatus Nomine Censentur Metropolis Imperialisq Civitatis delineatio.
A fine antique map - bird's-eye view of Besançon, by Braun and Hogenberg, from the: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 2. Köln, 1575. CAPTION: The Sequani called thi...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2022
Paris
One of the earliest and most beautiful panoramic views of Paris, based on Sebastian Muenster’s map from 1569. Latin title in cartouche top-left and French title in a ca...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $2200
Sold in 2022
Lugdunum
Fine bird's-eye view plan of Lyons, with excellent detail of the city and its surroundings. Decorated with a finely dressed man and woman in foreground and two strapwor...
Place & Date: Cologne, c1575
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2023
Monsiessulanus, Montpellier [on sheet with] Turo, Tours [and] Pictavis, sive Pictavia, Vernaculo Idiomate Poitiers.
Three very desirable and early town-views of Montpellier, Tours and Poitiers.Montpellier: With key to locations. In his brief description of the city, Braun focuses prima...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2015
Rotomagus, vulgo Roan, Normandiae Metropolis [on sheet with] Nemavsus, Nismes, Civitas Narbonensie Galliae Vetustissima [and] Civitas Burdegalensis in Aquitanea, Genuina Descrip.
Three very desirable and early town-views of Rouen, Nîmes and Bordeaux.Montpellier: With key to locations. In his brief description of the city, Braun focuses primarily ...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2014
Argentoratum, cuius ob antiquitatem Ptolemeus. . .
Very desirable and early town-plans of Strasbourg in a first state. "Strasbourg is seen from a bird's-eye perspective in a plan view in which the blocks of houses ar...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2016
Von der Statt Cales.
Very attractive and detailed birds-eye plan of Calais, France showing the full extent of rivers and moated fortification. It is set in a page of Old German text with text...
Place & Date: Basel, 1578
Selling price: $15
Sold in 2017
Matiscona vulgo Mascon../ Perpignan/ Chaumont
Bird's-eye view of Macon from his town book.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The "Civitates" was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Col...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $72
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De Germania Colmariensis ciuitatis & circumiacentis agri pictura ad uiuum expressa.
Early bird\'s eye view of Colmar. From a French text edition of S. Münster\'s Cosmographia, which was a complete summary of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1580
Selling price: $45
Sold in 2009
Lutetia Parisiorum urbs, toto orbe celeberrima notissimaque, caput regni Franciae.
Early bird\'s eye view of Paris, called at the time Lutetia. From a French text edition of S. Münster\'s Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of Renaissan...
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1580
Selling price: $190
Sold in 2008
Metz Antiqua et Precipue Belgra Urbs.
A rare early miniature view of Metz by an Italian engraver Francesco Valegio. From the'Nuova raccolta di le piu illustri et famose citta di tutto mondo' by Francesco Vale...
Place & Date: Venice, 1580
Selling price: $95
Sold in 2017
Schletstatt erwan ein Dorff des Heiligen Römischen Reichs.
Woodcut. A topographical map of the imperial city of SELESTAT or Schletstad in the province of Alsace, France. Published by Münster in the German edition of “Cosmogra...
Place & Date: Basel, 1580
Selling price: $19
Sold in 2016
Rochella Munitissimum Galliae Opp.
A fine example of the plan of La Rochelle, with its defensive fortifications. From the greatest publication in this genre!. The plates from Georg Braun and Frans Hogenber...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $88
Sold in 2022
La Ville de Cambray.
Bird's eye view with citadel. - From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun ga...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $55
Sold in 2020
Tvrones vulgo Yours le jardon de France / Andegavvm vulgo Angiers.
Two decorative views on one double page. - From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedra...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2018
Saintes.
Decorative bird's-eye view on one double page. - From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Ca...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2020
Grenoble & Romans-sur-Isère. - Gratianopolis Acusianoru Colonia, ... [on sheet with] Romans Delfinatus vulgo Daufine in Gallia Oppidu.
Fine antique copper engraved sheet with two bird's-eye views/plans by Braun and Hogenberg: Grenoble & Romans-sur-Isère from the third volume of Braun & Hogenberg...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $230
Sold in 2021
Douai, - Duacum, Catuacorum Urbs, tam situ, quam incolis, et litterarum studijs elegantissime ornata.
A fine antique map - bird's-eye view of Douai, by Braun and Hogenberg, from the: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 3. Köln, 1581. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $200
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Rouen, - Rhotomagus, Galliae Lugdunensis as Sequanam flu. Opp. vulgo Rouen.
A fine antique map - bird's-eye view of Rouen, by Braun and Hogenberg, from the: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 3. Köln, 1581.With a French key to locations. Two ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $290
Sold in 2022
Avignon.
A fine bird?s eye view of the ancient capital of Provence, Avignon, from the famous CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM. The work contains a 45 point legend, identifying key sights....
Place & Date: Cologne, 1585
Selling price: $475
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Bethunae urbis Artesiae Genvina Descrip.
An uncommon view of Bethune, located in Pas-de-Calais. Shows the city behinds its walls, with numerous detailed buildings, some named above.The view provides a fine depic...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $175
Sold in 2016
Abcontrafehtung der schönen und weitberümpten Statt Leon.
Map shows the city of Lyon wit a beautiful border.From a German text edition of his Cosmographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Basle 1550-1590
Selling price: $90
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Hie siechstu wie gelegen seint . . Plate 261.
Early print showing an army position near the town of Dreux in France on 14 March 1590 during the French Wars of Religion.Plate from the series about the " Eighty Ye...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1590
Selling price: $25
Sold in 2020
Des Konigs undder Fursten regiment . . . Plate 32.
Plate from the series about the " Eighty Years' War" or the independence war of Holland against Spain, we know of approximately four hundred engravings by Frans...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1590
Selling price: $25
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PARIS
Early print showing the capture of Barnabé Brisson in Paris, who was hanged on 15 November by the Spanish.Plate from the series about the " Eighty-Years War" o...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1590
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2020
[Matiscona / Chalon-sur-Soane].
MACON: This is a bird's-eye view from the south of the town, which is fortified with moats, walls and bastions. With numerous churches, including the Gothic cathedral of ...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1590
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2019
[Hesdin]. Hesdinum. . .
A perspective birds-eye view of the northern French city of Hesdin. It lies in the 'Pay-de-Calais region. The city is dominated by a large town square and the church of N...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1590
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2019
RHOTOMAGUS Galliae... Rouen.
A lovely bird's-eye plan of Rouen by Braun and Hogenberg, with a French key to locations. Two costume figures at bottom. This bird's-eye view from the north conveys a cle...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1590
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2019
[St. Omer]. S. Audomari Fanum A. Aulmer. Omer Iccius portus Abrahamo Orttelio, artesij urbs munitissima.
This is a bird's-eye view from the south of the town, which is fortified with moats, walls and bastions. Numerous churches stand out, including the Gothic cathedral of No...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1590
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2020
Philippus Scrossy Italianisscher Capitein uber des Bapstes kriegsher zogh hinein. . . Plate 65.
Early print showing the battle between Captain Stossi and the Hugonots at la Roche-l'Abeille on 5 June 1569.Plate from the series about the " Eighty Years War" ...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1590
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2023
(Possitions of a battle at Ivry (Dreux), 1590 )
Early print showing the positions of a battle at Ivry (Dreux), 1590..Plate from the series about the " Eighty Years War" or the independence war of Holland agai...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1590
Selling price: $25
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Der Teutschen fursten neu Wer zug auff gericht an 1591.
Early print showing the troops of German princes en route to France, 1591.Plate from the series about the " Eighty Years War" or the independence war of Holland...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1590
Selling price: $25
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Warhaffte abcontrafactur der namhafften Statt St. Quintin sampt aller Laegerstatt und umbligenden Ort wie sie von Konigs Philippi Heer im jar 1557 belagert worden.
On recto a wood block printed view of the town of St. Quintin besieged by the army of Spanish King Philip II in 1557. From a German text edition of his Geographia , that ...
Place & Date: Basle, 1592
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2018
Wie wir zu Honfleur zu Schiff giengen... (Honfleur, Normandy)
The view depicts numerous ships at harbour in Honfleur for loading proviant for their journey to the Americas. From the 3rd book, part 1 of Le Moyne's highly important ac...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1593
Selling price: $105
Sold in 2016
Lugdunum (Lyon).
A nice, old-colored view of the French city of Lyon, from the first volume of the famous Civitates Orbis Terrarum. A very decorative, large early map of Lyon, that descri...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1593
Selling price: $260
Sold in 2018
METZ.
Rare Lafreri School of the siege of Metz by imperial troops of Charles V in 1552-1553, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in &...
Place & Date: Venice, 1596
Selling price: $35
Sold in 2018
CAMBRAI. - La Ville de Cambray.
A handsome birds-eye view/map of the northeast French city of Cambrai, from "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", in fine color. With a strong graphic element of the ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1596
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2021
Saintes.
Bid's-eye view of Saintes with the river la Charente in the front. French text on verso.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1598
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2014
Poitiers & Montargis. - Pictavia Vulgo Poictiers [on sheet with:] La pierre levee demie lieue de Poictiers [and] Prospectus Montis Henrici vulgo Montherri.
Fine antique copper engraved sheet with one panoramic view, and two others by Braun and Hogenberg: Poitiers and Montargis from the uncommon fifth volume of Braun & Ho...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1598
Selling price: $270
Sold in 2021
Grenoble.
Uncommon plan of Grenoble from Francesco Valegio's townbook: Raccolta di le piv illustri et farmose citta di tutto il mondo.
Place & Date: Venice 1600
Selling price: $45
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Paris / Lugdunum
Two rare woodcut views of the Paris on the front page and Lyon on the back page. From "Parvum Theatrum Urbium sive Urbium Praecipuarum totius orbis Brevis & Meth...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1608
Selling price: $170
Sold in 2009
Der Guvernator genant Mottegondrin. Hat die Stat Valencen genomen ein. . . (Valence)
Early print showing a scene in Valence on 25 April 1608.Plate from the series about the " Eighty Years' War" or the independence war of Holland against Spain, w...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1608
Selling price: $35
Sold in 2020
Erzeignung Wie Henrich der 4. Konig von Franckreich und Navarr, der Teutschen fursten lager empfangen hatt. Plate 278.
Plate from the series about the " Eighty Years' War" or the independence war of Holland against Spain, we know of approximately four hundred engravings by Frans...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1610
Selling price: $25
Sold in 2020