ROME
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Very rare woodcut birds-eye view of Rome during the early 17th century. Shows numerous buildings and streets! On page within text, text also to verso.
From Saur's important work "Stätte-Buch... / Beschreibung der fürnehmsten Stätte..." by Hermann Adolph Authes, printed 1658 in Frankfurt.
Reference: Bachmann 14; Fauser I, LXIV; Graesse VI, 276
code : M2242
Cartographer : SAUR Abraham
Date : 1595 / 1658 Frankfurt
Size : 14*9cms
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Abraham Saur (*1545 - †1593)
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.