Hogenberg, Civitates orbis terrarum (Amsterdam: 1965). Le Civitates orbis terrarum ou Braun & Hogenberg, publié en six volumes entre 1572 et 1617 à Cologne, est le plus connu des premiers atlas des villes. Koeman remarks on the popularity of the work and the great number of editions these are sometimes difficult to distinguish because of inconsistent or sometimes absent dating the present set carries the following sequence of dates: 1623, 1625, 1581, 1574, no date, 1618. reproduced it in pictorial compositions of great charm and individuality' (Skelton, p.VII). appearing in editions of the Civitates beginning in 1574. 'The most original and magnificent of all city-atlases', which drew 'on the work of accomplished topographical artists and. From Braun and Hogenbergs Civitates Orbis Terrarum, the first collection of town plans. cities throughout the world entitled Civitates Orbis Terrarum first published in 1572. Town views, heraldic coats of arms, rural scenes, land and water transport, public buildings and so on are vividly depicted' (NMM). Apart from its topographical value, the work is of great interest for its record of the domestic life of the period. Many of the towns depicted are the first engraved views. The Civitates Orbis Terrarum is 'justly celebrated as the first general collection devoted solely to topographical views. Provenance: 'NBT' (cipher in ink in an early hand).Ī COLOURED COPY OF THE FIRST SYSTEMATIC CITY ATLAS. 4 lacking.) Contemporary Dutch vellum, panelled in gilt with roll tools and corner ornaments and with a large central arabesque, edges gilt (lacking ties, without free endpapers, some soiling and staining, one joint starting near the foot, one spine head chipped). (First title and conjugate leaf detached and with some wear and creases in the margins, 3 plates detached, a few plates creased, occasional tears, occasional marginal dampstain, some browning, plate 59 and index of vol. However, the title only refers to the first part which was published in 1572 by Filips Galle in Antwerp and ‘apud Auctores’ (by the authors) in Cologne. 6 engraved allegorical titles, 315 double-page plates (of 363), ALL COLOURED BY AN EARLY HAND. This atlas of cities, which was to amount to six volumes in the end, is generally known as the Civitates orbis terrarum by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg. By either way the expenses and risk were enormous, and the prices of the. El sexto y último volumen se terminó en 1617. CRANE TOS ( From Braun and Hohenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum. ![]() El primer volumen vio la luz en 1572 como un atlas histórico del urbanismo medieval y renacentista. Fue editado por George Braum y Franz Hogenberg. ![]() ![]() von Brachel, 1618-1625.Ħ volumes in 2, 2° (415 x 280mm). BRAUN, Georg (1541-1622) and HOGENBERG, Franz (c.1538-1590). Civitates Orbis Terrarum es un atlas en seis volúmenes en el que se incluyen cerca de 600 vistas, planos y mapas de ciudades.
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