Braun & Hogenberg Gallipoli

Braun & Hogenberg.
Gallipolis.
Cologne, c.1598. 385 x 520mm. Coloured. Evidence of a crack on the plate.
£980
Published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans, this is a fine map-view of Gallipoli on the heel of Italy. The artillery on the walls of the city are protecting the approach of a galleon from the six stalking galleys. BRAU0027