Description:

FULL TITLE: Bardewick

Bardowick is a town situated 40 km southeast of Hamburg.

Publication: Civitates Orbis Terrarum 1598

‘...Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg’s Civitates Orbis Terrarum, stands as one of the greatest monuments of late 16th and early 17th Century European cartography. Published in Cologne, Germany in a series of six volumes between 1572 and 1617/8, and, when finally completed, comprising nearly 550 City views and plans, the Civitates is also one of the most valuable sources for the study of Renaissance urban cartography. ‘ - Roderick M Barron.

Folds as given.

ConditonGG

CartographerBraun & Hogenberg

Date1598

TechniqueCopper Engraving

ColourUncoloured

Width (cms) x Height (cms)56.0 x 42.0

Ref: WC0730