Civitates orbis terrarvm ...

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Title: Civitates orbis terrarvm ...
Creator: Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622
Contributor: Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590.
Hierat, Anton, active 1597-1627.
Hogenberg, Abraham, active 1608-1653.
Published / Created: 1572]-1618.
Publication Place: Coloniae Agrippinae
Description: BEIN 1975 Folio 41: The Yale copy has all the plates that are wanting in the LC copy, and has in addition pl. 59 of v.3, not in Phillips; pl. 37 of v.3 in the Yale copy differs from that in Phillips. Dedication of v.2 dated 1597, v.4 n.d., no colophon. Vol 2. imperfect: bifolium 54 (Hierosolyma) wanting and replaced with 54 (map uncolored) from another edition.
Titles vary: v.2, De praecipvis, totivs vniversi vrbibvs; v.3-4, Vrbivm praecipvarvm totivs mvndi; v.5, Vrbivm praecipvarvm mvndi theatrvm; v.6, Theatri praecipvarvm totivs mvndi vrbivm.
Engraved t.-p.'s, hand-colored; all maps and all but one of the plates are hand-colored.
Plates largely the work of Franz Hogenberg.
Dedication of v.6 signed: Antonivs Hierat & Abrahamvs Hoghenberg.
Explanatory historical text on rectos and versos of plates and maps, and on leaves accompanying folded maps.
Extent: 6 v. 40 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

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