Lyon

Braun & Hogenberg

Verlag: Cologne, Braun & Hogenberg, 1588

Beschreibung

TRANSLATION CARTOUCHE TEXT LEFT: Strabo writes that Lyons was in his day the second best-known city in Gaul and the most densely populated after Narbonne. There are many foreigners, so that they can trade with every part of the world. The rivers are the Rhône and the Arar (today called the Saône), which converge near Lyons and flow into the Ligurian Sea, which is very convenient for the import and export of goods. Through its close trade links with Italy, but also as a consequence of the Italian Wars (1494-1559), Lyons became a centre of humanism and printing in the late 15th and early 16th century and the growth of the silk industry from the 16th century onwards would make Lyons France's first "industrial town". More than half the population of Lyons earned their living from silk.Latin text on verso, dimension 530 x 400 mm.Good condition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1589290142096

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Lyon

Verlag: Cologne, Braun & Hogenberg

Erscheinungsdatum: 1588

Einband: No Binding

Zustand: Good