Item details: Calcaria, Ducatus Clivensis, Multis Dotibus Nobile Opp.
£ 295.00
BRAUN, George - HOGENBERG, Frans
Calcaria, Ducatus Clivensis, Multis Dotibus Nobile Opp.
Imprint: Cologne, 1575
330 x 480 mm., early wash colour, with Latin text to the verso and some light soiling in the margin otherwise in good condition.
The 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' was compiled by George Braun (1541-1622) the Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun produced a total of over 500 city views and maps published in six parts between 1572 and 1617. Most of the engraving was the work of Simon Novellanus and Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590), many after drawings by George Hoefnagel. A fine birds-eye view of the town of Kalkar, near Kleve. Published in the second volume with Latin text to the verso. Koeman II B & H 2 no. 35.
