Main entry:

Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622.

Title & Author:

Civitates orbis terrarum.

Publication:

[Cologne] : [publisher not identified], [1575]-1618.

Description:

6 volumes in 3 : illustrations (engravings) ; 44 cm

Notes:
French-language edition of a city atlas produced through the collaboration of Georg Braun, Franz Hogenberg and Simon Novellanus.
Originally issued in Latin, 1572-1617.
Title from engraved title plate for bk. 1. Each bk. has special engraved title plate.
Address to the reader (books 2, 5) by Georg Braun.
Many of the engravings are after drawings by Joris Hoefnagel.
Preface to bk. 2 dated 1575.
Includes indexes.
[bk. 1. Title as above] -- De praecipuis, totius universi urbibus, liber secundus -- Urbium praecipuarum totius mundi, liber tertius -- Liber quartus, urbium praecipuarum totius mundi -- Urbium praecipuarum mundi theatrum quintum / auctore Georgio Braunio Aggripinate -- Theatri praecipuarum totius mundi urbium, liber sextus.
Atlantes Neerlandici, v. 2, p. [10]-25

Subject:

Cities and towns Early works to 1800.
Cities and towns Pictorial works.
Villes Ouvrages avant 1800.
Cities and towns

Form/genre:

Atlases.
Early works
Illustrated works

Added entries:

Hogenberg, Franz, -1590?
Novellanus, Simon.
Hoefnagel, Joris, 1542-1601.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 184839
Call No.: ID:86-B5607
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m 250942
Call No.: ID:86-B5607
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m 250943
Call No.: ID:86-B5607
Copy: v. 3
Status: Available