Bergen, Norway
First known representation of a Norwegian city
Cologne: VON BRACHEL, Peter [?], 1588 [but c. 1616-23]
47.7 x 32.5 cm / 18.8 x 12.8 in
Description
This charming bird’s-eye view of Bergen was drawn by Hieronymus Scholeus and first published in 1588 in Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum. It is the only Norwegian city depicted.....
Scandinavia • Finland
Large and beautiful, uncommon Visscher map of Scandinavia and Finland
Leipzig [?]: VERSEYL (VISSCHER), Elizabeth / SCHENK (the Younger), Pieter, c. 1730
72.7 x 58.9 cm / 28.6 x 23.2 in
Description
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Condition
Very good.
A sharp impression on a sheet issued folding, now with three horizontal and five vertical foldlines. Beautiful early colouring throughout, including to cartouches.....
![La Scandie. ou les trois Royaumes du Nord [–] Suede, Danemarc & Norvegue. Nicolaes VISSCHER II](https://compassantiquemaps.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/132.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1779712776)