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Stock# 35900
Description
Rare 16th Century view of Cairo from a hillside opposite the Nile, published in Paris in 1575.
De Belleforest's view is drawn from Braun & Hogenberg's Civitatus Orbis Terrarum, the most important town book of the 16th Century.
Elaborate detail, including fortified walls, buildings, publish places, etc. A number of horsemen and other costumed figures in the foreground.
Condition Description
Minor fold split, repaired on verso.
![Egypt called in the Country Missir by Monsr. D'Anville of the Royal Academy of Belles Lettres, & of that of Siciences [sic] of Petersburg Secretary to H.S.H. the Duke of Orleans. MDCCLXV.](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/49130.jpg)
