File:Old map of Ghent by Abraham Saur in 1595.jpg

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Cartograph: 	Abraham Saur (*1545 - †1593)
Title: 	[Gendauum]
Publisher/ Year: 	Frankfurt, W. Richter, 1608
Sheet Size: 	19.0 x 15.0 cm (7.5 x 5.9 inches)
Plate Size: 	7.0 x 9.4 cm (2.8 x 3.7 inches)
Reference: 	Bachmann 14. Fauser I, LXIV
Rare woodcut view of Ghent (Gent), East Flanders. From "Parvum Theatrum Urbium sive Urbium Praecipuarum totius orbis Brevis & Methodica Descriptio" by Adrianus Romanus printed 1608 in Frankfurt. First printed 1595 with the same woodcuts by Abraham Saur published by N. Basse.
Minor overall browning, two small brown spots, fine conditions.
About the  Cartograph/ Printer:  Abraham Saur, a German lawyer and historian, born 1545 in Frankenberg. He was author of several legal book, but also of the city book  "Theatrum Urbium". He died in 1593.

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