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Cities of the world = Civitates orbis terrarum : 230 colour engravings which transformed urban cartography 1572-1617
- Title
- Cities of the world = [cartographic material] Civitates orbis terrarum : 230 colour engravings which transformed urban cartography 1572-1617/ Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg ; edited by Stephan Füssel ; based on the copy in the Historisches Museum Frankfurt ; directed and produced by Benedikt Taschen ; [foreword by Rem Koolhaas].
- Author
- Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622.
- Publication
- Köln [Germany] : Taschen, c2015.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | No restrictions | *R-Map Div. G1028 .B7 2015 | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Reference Room 117 |
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- Description
- 1 atlas (744 p.) : col. ill., col. maps; 20 cm
- Alternative Title
- Civitates orbis terrarum
- Subject
- Atlases > Germany > Early works to 1800
- Cities and towns > Europe > Maps > Early works to 1800
- Cities and towns > Africa > Maps > Early works to 1800
- Cities and towns > Asia > Maps > Early works to 1800
- Cities and towns > Central America > Maps > Early works to 1800
- Atlases, German
- Cities and towns
- Europe > Maps > Early works to 1800
- Africa > Maps > Early works to 1800
- Asia > Maps > Early works to 1800
- Central America > Maps > Early works to 1800
- Africa
- Asia
- Central America
- Europe
- Genre/Form
- Early works.
- Maps.
- Note
- A complete reprint of all 363 color plates from Braun and Hogenberg's survey of town maps, city views, and plans of Europe, Africa, Asia and Central America, with dozens of unusual details, two folding maps, as well as selected extracts from the original text and an in-depth commentary. Produced between 1572 and 1617 - just before the extensive devastation wreaked by the Thirty Years' War - the work contains 564 plans, bird's-eye views, and map views of all major cities in Europe, plus important cities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
- Originally published in Cologne 1572-1617 and entitled: Civitates orbis terrarum.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 727-733) and index.
- Biography (note)
- Intended as a companion volume for Abraham Ortelius's 1570 world atlas, Theatrum orbis terrarum, the Civitates gives us a comprehensive view of urban life at the turn of the 17th century, featuring interesting details such as figures in local dress, ships, ox-drawn carts, courtroom scenes, and topographical details, that help convey the situation, commercial power, and political importance of the towns they accompany.
- Call Number
- G1028
- ISBN
- 9783836556415
- 3836556413
- OCLC
- 932078605
- Author
- Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622.
- Title
- Cities of the world = [cartographic material] Civitates orbis terrarum : 230 colour engravings which transformed urban cartography 1572-1617/ Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg ; edited by Stephan Füssel ; based on the copy in the Historisches Museum Frankfurt ; directed and produced by Benedikt Taschen ; [foreword by Rem Koolhaas].
- Imprint
- Köln [Germany] : Taschen, c2015.
- Cartographic Data
- Scales differ (W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°).
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 727-733) and index.
- Biography
- Intended as a companion volume for Abraham Ortelius's 1570 world atlas, Theatrum orbis terrarum, the Civitates gives us a comprehensive view of urban life at the turn of the 17th century, featuring interesting details such as figures in local dress, ships, ox-drawn carts, courtroom scenes, and topographical details, that help convey the situation, commercial power, and political importance of the towns they accompany.
- Added Author
- Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590.Füssel, Stephan.Taschen, Benedikt.Koolhaas, Rem.
- Research Call Number
- *R-Map Div. G1028 .B7 2015