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Title

  • Civitates orbis terrarvm

Other Title

  • Civitates orbis terrarum

Names

  • Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622
  • Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590
  • Hogenberg, Abraham, active 1608-1653
  • Hierat, Anton, active 1597-1627
  • Novellanus, Simon, active 1560-1590, engraver
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Coloniae Agrippinae : Apud G. Kempensem; sumptibus auctorum, 1581-1618.

Contents

  • [1] Liber 1. Civitates orbis terrarum. Liber 2. De praecipuis, totius universi urbibus. Liber 3. Urbium praecipuarum totivs mundi liber.--[2] Liber 4. Urbium praecipuarum totius mundi liber.--[3] Liber 5. Urbium praecipuarum mundi theatrum. Liber 6. Theatri praecipuarum totius mundi urbium liber.

Headings

  • -  Cities and towns--Pictorial works

Notes

  • -  Each part has engr. t.-p.
  • -  Part 2 has colophon: Coloniae, Apud auctores, et Antuerpiae, Apud P. Gallaeum.
  • -  Parts 1-5 by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg; pt. 6 by Anton Hierat and Abraham Hogenberg.
  • -  Engravings by Franz Hogenberg and Simon Novellanus.
  • -  Bound in vol. 2 a later ed. of liber 3 with pref. dated 1616.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 716
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-06-27 no edits (2 cards)

Medium

  • 6 pts. in 3 v. : maps, plates ; 40-42 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G140 .B69

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 67040584

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Braun, Georg, 1540 Or, Frans Hogenberg, Abraham Hogenberg, Anton Hierat, Simon Novellanus, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Civitates Orbis Terrarvm. Coloniae Agrippinae: Apud G. Kempensem; sumptibus auctorum, to 1618, 1581. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/67040584/.

APA citation style:

Braun, G., Hogenberg, F., Hogenberg, A., Hierat, A., Novellanus, S. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1581) Civitates Orbis Terrarvm. Coloniae Agrippinae: Apud G. Kempensem; sumptibus auctorum, to 1618. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/67040584/.

MLA citation style:

Braun, Georg, 1540 Or, et al. Civitates Orbis Terrarvm. Coloniae Agrippinae: Apud G. Kempensem; sumptibus auctorum, to 1618, 1581. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/67040584/>.