Item details: Rotomagus, vulgo Roan, Normandiae Metropolis [on sheet with] Nemavsus, Nismes, Civitas Narbonensie Galliae Vetustissima [and] Civitas Burdegalensis in Aquitanea, Genuina Descrip.
£ 170.00
BRAUN, George - HOGENBERG, Frans
Rotomagus, vulgo Roan, Normandiae Metropolis [on sheet with] Nemavsus, Nismes, Civitas Narbonensie Galliae Vetustissima [and] Civitas Burdegalensis in Aquitanea, Genuina Descrip.
Imprint: Cologne, 1572
325 x 485 mm., with fine recent wash colour, Latin text to the verso, in good condition.
This early copper plate view illustrates the cities of Rouen, Nimes and Bourdeaux in France. 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. Published in the first volume first issued in 1572. Koeman II B & H 1 no. 9.
