Lot 769
768 Boundary Commission. A collection of approx. 150 town plans, pub. Ordnance Survey, 1868, zincographs with orig. outline colouring, each map with a page of descriptive text, each sheet approx. 365 x 255mm, contained in large modern portfolio The survey was carried out by Capt. R.M.Parsons and Col. Sir H. Jones of the Royal Engineers. (approx.150) £80-120
769 Braun (Georg, and Hogenberg, Franz). Mexico Regia et Celebris Hispaniae Novae Civitas [and] Cusco Regni Peru in Novo Orbe Caput, Cologne, [1572 or later], two uncoloured engraved city plans on one sheet (as published), 270 x 480mm, German text on verso, mounted A good dark impression of Mexico City and Cuzco. Published in ‘Civitas Orbis Terrarum’. There is a two inch ‘crack’ in the sky above Mexico city. This is a crack in the original copper plate and not damage to the engraving. (1) £400-600
770 Braun (Georg, and Hogenberg, Franz). Colonia Agrippina, Cologne, [1572 or later], town plan of Cologne, early hand colouring, 335 x 385mm, French text on verso, mounted Published in ‘Civitas Orbis Terrarum’. (1)
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£250-350