Netherlands - Nijmegen; G

View of Nijmegen inside the city walls from the right bank of the Waal. In the foreground the river with three figures in regional dress and ships on the water. To the left the Valkhof. Full title in a cartouche with ornamented roll-work: 'Noviomagium sive Nouiomagum vulgo Nijmmegen inclyta quodam Francorum Regia Urbs Gelriae primaria'. In the upper corners are coats of arms. Legend of the main buildings on the map in German. By Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg in: 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum, Liber Secundus', Cologne, G. von Kempen, 1582. Ref.: Van der Krogt 4, 3067. Excellent condition, full sheet 41x53.2 cm with full wide margins, centered fold as issued. Probably aged-colored, verso description of 'Noviomagus' in Latin, and page number '29'.

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