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"Geneua"
Abraham Saur (*1545 - †1593)
Antique Maps Saur 1608 Switzerland, Geneva, Genève Title: Geneua
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Cartograph: Abraham Saur (*1545 - †1593)
Title: Geneua
Publisher/ Year: Frankfurt, W. Richter, 1608
Sheet Size: 19.0 x 15.0 cm (7.5 x 5.9 inches)
Plate Size: 7.1 x 9.4 cm (2.8 x 3.7 inches)
Nice rare woodcut view of Geneva / Genève at the Lac Léman (Switzerland) on a full text sheet. 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 age toning, fine condition.
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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