Civitates orbis terrarum

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Year:: 1575
Contributor:: Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622
Subject:: Geography > Early works to 1800; Early maps; Cities and towns, Renaissance
Extent:: [24] p., [1], 58 double leaves of plates, [24] p. : ill., maps ; 43 cm. (fol.)

Notes:: Imprint from colophon on verso of map 58, after the privilege by king Philip of Spain dated November 22, 1574 (text in Dutch); Imperial privilege of Maximilian II on verso of t.p.: Anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo septuagesimo secundo, i.e. 1572.; George Braun's preface to the reader is dated Coloniae Agrippinae M.D. LXXII.; Explanatory text by Georg Braun printed on recto of each plate; engravings by Franciscus Hogenberg and Simon Novellanus.; Signatures: A-F² *-6*²; the first, unnumbered plate has signature A.; The first of six pts. published between 1572 and 1617; only the 1st pt. has the title Civitates orbis terrarum; See Koeman, who seems not to list this ed. under Latin text, pt. I.; Title in engraved architectural border with figures of Minerva and Hercules on either side.; Includes index on final [24] p.

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