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| Cartograph: |
Abraham Saur (*1545 - †1593) |
| Title: |
[Colonia Agrippina] |
| Publisher/ Year: |
Frankfurt, W. Richter, 1608 |
| Sheet Size: |
19.0 x 15.0 cm (7.5 x 5.9 inches) |
| Plate Size: |
7.0 x 9.4 cm (2.8 x 3.7 inches) |
| Reference: |
Bachmann 14. Fauser I, LXIV |
| Rare woodcut view of Cologne. From "Parvum Theatrum Urbium sive Urbium Praecipuarum totius orbis Brevis & Methodica Descriptio" by Adrianus Romanus printed 1608 in Frankfurt. First printed 1595 with the same woodcuts by Abraham Saur published by N. Basse. |
| Minor overall browning, fine. |
| About the Cartograph/ Printer: Abraham Saur, a German lawyer and historian, born 1545 in Frankenberg. He was author of several legal book, but also of the city book "Theatrum Urbium". He died in 1593. |
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