Bidspirit auction | Halla Saxonum, Salinae Saxonicae, Hall

Halla Saxonum, Salinae Saxonicae, Hall in Sachsen / Hildesheimium. [Colónia, 1599]. - [HALLE (SAXONY) / HILDESHEIM]. Halla Saxonum, Salinae Saxonicae, Hall in Sachsen / Hildesheimium. Georg BRAUN; Frans HOGENBERG (eds.). [Cologne, Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg, 1599]. Engraving; 425 × 535 mm (sheet). Sheet with two horizontal views: above, a panorama of Halle an der Saale (Halla Saxonum), with the walled city stretching along the valley, numerous towers and churches standing out, cultivated fields all around and, in the foreground, two figures in contemporary dress; caption with Latin and German titles and a cartouche referring to the saltworks. Below, a panoramic view of Hildesheim (Hildesheimium), likewise surrounded by walls and bastions, with numerous church towers and houses aligned in front of a belt of gardens and wooded areas; in the foreground, a road with travellers on foot and on horseback. Text printed on the verso in Latin under the headings “HILDESHEIMIVM” and “HALLA SAXONVM”; from volume V of the Civitates orbis terrarum.