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Auction 105, Lot 2

"De Praecipuis, Totius Universi Urbibus, Liber Secundus", Braun & Hogenberg

Subject: Title Pages

Period: 1575 (circa)

Publication: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, Vol. 2

Color: Hand Color

Size:
9 x 13.7 inches
22.9 x 34.8 cm
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Fine title page from the second volume of this monumental work. The title is engraved onto a strapwork cartouche within an architectural surround. Several figures from Roman mythology fill the sheet including Penates (patron gods of the storeroom), Lares (guardian spirits of house and fields), Cybele (the goddess of nature and fertility), and the goddesses of religion and politics.

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Condition: A

Light surface soil in blank margins. Faint show-through of text on verso.

Estimate: $350 - $400

Sold for: $400

Closed on 12/3/2003

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