Map Civitates orbis terrarvm.
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Title
- Civitates orbis terrarvm.
Names
- Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622.
- Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590.
- 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.
Created / Published
- [Coloniae Agrippinae : apud Petrum à Brachel, sumptibus auctorum, 1612-1618]
Contents
- Civitates orbis terrarum, liber primus (59 plates, colophon dated 1612) -- De praecipuis totius universi urbibus, liber secundus (59 plates, "prefaetio" dated 1575) -- Urbium praecipuarum totius mundi, liber tertius (58 plates, "prefaetio" dated 1616) -- Urbium praecipuarum totius mundi, liber quartus (59 plates, colophon dated 1617) -- Urbium praecipuarum mundi theatrum quintum (69 plates, n.d.) -- Theatri praecipuarum totius mundi urbium, liber sextus (58 plates, 1618).
Headings
- - Cities and towns--Maps--Early works to 1800
- - Cities and towns--Aerial views--Early works to 1800
- - Cities and towns--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
- - Atlases--Germany--Early works to 1800
- - Earth
Genre
- World atlases
- Early maps
Notes
- - "Privilegium Caesareae maiestatis, which occurs in each volume generally on the reverse of the title page, refers to Francis Hogenberg as the author's collaborator."--Phillips.
- - Colophon of v. 1: Coloniae Agrippinae, apud Petrum à Brachel, sumptibus auctorum.
- - Colophon of v. 6: Colonię Agrippinę, Antonius Hierat & Abrahamus Hoghenberg.
- - Collaborators and artists whose works these maps were based on include George and Jacob Hoefnagel, Simon Novellanus, Jacob van Deventer, Heinrich Rantzau, etc.
- - Includes indexes.
- - Descriptive text on verso of plates.
- - LC copy imperfect: Cumanae Sibyllae antrum (v. 3, no. 37), Venetiae (v. 5, no. 60), Neapolis (v. 5, no. 65), Pappa Ungar. pl. (v. 6, no. 35), and Praemislia Polon (v. 6, no. 52) wanting.
- - List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 59, 3292
Medium
- 1 atlas (6 v. in 3) : hand col. ill., hand col. maps (some folded) ; 43 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- G1028 .B7 1612
- G1028 .B7 1612 Copy 2 Liber primus and Liber secundus only. Uncolored.
Repository
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3200m.gct00128a
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3200m.gct00128b
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3200m.gct00128c
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2008627031
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Contributor
- Brachel, P. Von
- Braun, Georg
- Deventer, Jacob Van
- Hierat, Anton
- Hoefnagel, Jacob
- Hoefnagel, Joris
- Hogenberg, Abraham
- Hogenberg, Frans
- Novellanus, Simon
- Rantzau, Henrik
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