BRAUN, Georg; HOGENBERG, Franz Nobilis Hannoniae... Lot 480

[BRAUN, Georg; HOGENBERG, Franz] Nobilis Hannoniae comitatus descriptio. Pays de Haynault tenu de Dieu et du Soleil. [Cologne G. von Kempen 1583] Copper engr., 34 x 47 cm, contemp. handcolouring (some pale foxing, very min. def. restored along centerfold). Mod. glass frame, printed reverse side visible. Nice copy. Map of Hainaut County taken from the 3rd part of the famous "Civitates orbis terrarum" by Braun and Hogenberg (French ed., 1st variant given by van der Krogt: last line with "dict... d'Haynault"). First and ideal representation of the province as a garden ("Wapenkaart/Jardin d'armoiries") surrounded by a palisade or wall punctuated by 22 cities represented as towers, with the great arms of Hainaut in the upper part and the city of Mons as capital in the lower part. The whole contains more than 200 coats of arms, ordered according to the classical division of the three orders. Captions in Latin and French, French text on verso. Ref. Van der Krogt 41:3.3(23).