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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 111 - closed 6/8/2005

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Lot #521: "Florentia urbs est insignis Hetruariae, olim Fluentia dicta…" Braun & Hogenberg

Antique map chart Florentia urbs est insignis Hetruariae olim Fluentia
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Estimate:
$200.00 - $250.00
Sold for: $600.00

Lot 521
By: Braun & Hogenberg
Subject: Italy - Florence
Date: 1572

Publication: Civitates Orbis Terrarum Vol. I

Condition: B
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Color: hand color

Size: 19 x 6 inches
48.3 x 15.3 cm

Panoramic view of the Tuscan city of Florence, birthplace of the Italian Renaissance.

Professionally conserved and backed with Japanese tissue. Trimmed from a folio sheet with narrow, but adequate, top margin. Stains on verso from previously being laid down.

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