Bidspirit auction | Lvgdvnvm — Vienna (vulgo Lyon

Lvgdvnvm — Vienna (vulgo Lyon e Vienne). Colónia, c. 1598. - [LYON AND VIENNE]. Lvgdvnvm — Vienna. Georg BRAUN; Frans HOGENBERG (eds.). [Cologne, Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg, c. 1598]. Engraving; 425 × 535 mm (sheet). Small tear without loss of paper. Two panoramic views arranged in horizontal registers, from the Civitates orbis terrarum. In the upper register, LVGDVNVM (Lyon), a broad valley view with the walled city spreading along the Sohne fluvius (Saône), between vine-covered hills and rural houses; a numbered legend identifies the main buildings and parishes (Saint-Jean, Saint-Paul, Cordeliers, Célestins, “Nostre Dame de Confort”, “La Platière”, etc.). In the lower register, VIENNA (Vienne in Dauphiné), a panorama over the Rhosne fluvius (Rhône), dominated by a large castle and the fortifications descending to the town; inscriptions on the copper indicate the “Le grand chemin de Rochillon en Dauphiné”. Between the two registers is the credit “Ex archetypo aliorum delineavit Georgius Hoefnagelus”. Text printed on the verso in Latin under the headings LUGDUNUM and VIENNA, with historical and geographical descriptions of these cities; pagination “19”.