Framed hand-colored engravings on laid paper, The City of Brielle (Den Briel), original engraving by Joris Hoefnagel (Flemish, 1542-1601) from "Civitates Orbis Terrarum," by Georg Braun (German, 1541-1622) and Frans Hogenberg (Flemish-German, 1535-1590), originally published by Theodor Graminaeus (German, 1530-1591), Cologne, 1572, Latin text verso, some light toning and rubs to sheet, taped to matting, sight: approx 14.5"h, 19.75"w, overall: approx 22.5"h, 27.75"w, 6.5lbs

11.13.25: As described the sheet exhibits typical light toning and foxing, and is taped to the matting at the top, bottom, and side edges, the print is comprised of two sheets, a rough edge of one sheet is visible from the reverse, it is not known if an adhesive medium as been applied to keep the pages together from the recto, appearing as a central crease, the verso also with some old pencil inscriptions from a previous collector, there is sparse, light spotting, and the hand-coloring was likely done by a contemporary hand, pigment is overall well-retained, with a couple of minute skips (see images), and typical light rubs concentrated at the edges of plate and commensurate with age and framing

 

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