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Civitates orbis terrarum
Civitates orbis terrarum
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- Creator
- Braun & Hogenberg
- Format
- Maps, Atlases
- Language
- Latin
- Contributors
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- Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590, engraver
- Brachel, P. von, -1650
- Hierat, Anton, active 1597-1627
- Hogenberg, Abraham, active 1608-1653
- Novellanus, Simon, active 1560-1590
- Hoefnagel, Joris, 1542-1601
- Hoefnagel, Jacob, 1573?-approximately 1632
- Deventer, Jacob van, -1575
- Rantzau, Henrik, 1526-1598
- Publication
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- [Coloniae Agrippinae] : [Apud Petrum à Brachel, sumptibus auctorum], [1572-1618]
- Physical Details
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- 1 atlas (40 unnumbered leaves) : hand colored maps (1 folded) ; 59 x 51 cm
- OCLC
- ocn880351429
- Cartographic Data
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Not drawn to scale
- Atlas assembled from various maps removed from Civitates orbis terrarum.
- Chiefly bird's-eye-view maps.
- Title from supplied title page
- Based on works of George and Jacob Hoefnagel, Simon Novellanus, Jacob van Deventer, Heinrich Rantzau, etc.
- Descriptive text in latin on verso of plates.
- Encapsulated and in modern binding.
- Maps removed from 6 volumes variously titled: Civitates orbis terrarum, liber primus -- De praecipuis totius universi urbibus, liber secundus -- Urbium praecipuarum totius mundi, liber tertius -- Urbium praecipuarum totius mundi, liber quartus -- Urbium praecipuarum mundi theatrum quintum -- Theatri praecipuarum totius mundi urbium, liber sextus.
- Phillips Geographical atlases, v.3, p. 16., no. 3292.
- Full work available on the Internet through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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