200 - Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, *Catana urbs Siciliae clarissima Patria Sc.te Agathae Virginis et Mart*: Cologne: Peter von Brachel, 1597. Copper engraving. 367 × 495 mm. Sheet: 405 × 540 mm. Latin text on the reverse. Map created by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg in 1597 and engraved on copper, likely by Simon Novellanus and Joris Hoefnagel. From the fifth volume of *Civitates Orbis Terrarum*. A bird’s-eye view of the fortified city of Catania, with Mount Etna erupting in the background and the city’s coats of arms on either side. A legend in the lower right corner lists 45 points of interest within and around the fortified line. In the foreground is the Cathedral of Saint Agatha, patron saint of the city.

Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, *Catana urbs Siciliae clarissima Patria Sc.te Agathae Virginis et Mart*: Cologne: Peter von Brachel, 1597. Copper engraving. 367 × 495 mm. Sheet: 405 × 540 mm. Latin text on the reverse. Map created by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg in 1597 and engraved on copper, likely by Simon Novellanus and Joris Hoefnagel. From the fifth volume of *Civitates Orbis Terrarum*. A bird’s-eye view of the fortified city of Catania, with Mount Etna erupting in the background and the city’s coats of arms on either side. A legend in the lower right corner lists 45 points of interest within and around the fortified line. In the foreground is the Cathedral of Saint Agatha, patron saint of the city. (1) Sheet intact with original margins; vertical binding fold in the center with remnants of a binding strip on the reverse. Two tears along the left margin. Slight signs of wear.