Lot #: 82838
CAIRUS QUAE OLIM BABYLON AEGYPTI MAXIMA URBS. |
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Description
A striking, old colored view of Cairo from a hillside opposite the Nile, from Braun & Hogenberg's Civitatus Orbis Terrarum, the most important town book of the 16th Century. Elaborate detail, including fortified walls, buildings, publish places, etc.
A number of horsemen and other costumed figures in the foreground. Text to verso.
A number of horsemen and other costumed figures in the foreground. Text to verso.
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