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Georg Braun (1541-1622) Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590) View...

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Georg Braun (1541-1622) Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590) View of Marseille Watercolor engraving (probably later) 31 x 34.5 cm (plate) 41 x 47 cm. (the sheet) (Pitting, glue marks, horizontal folding, insolation) Published in Cologne in 1575, in the work "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", this is the first topographically accurate view of the city, with an A-X cross-reference table illustrating remarkable places.