Georg Braun; Franz Hogenberg - Beschreibung und...

Description and Contrafactum of the foremost cities in the world (facsimile of 1574) The select facsimile of the famous city book “Beschreibung und Contrafactur der vornembster Stät der Welt” (after the German edition of 1574 of the masterwork Civitates orbis terrarum by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg) appeared in a well-known luxury and exclusive edition Collation & Description: • Format: Folio (Large Folio, approx. 42.5 x 29.5 cm). • Extent / page count: 1 volume (complete). • Main part: 116 unpaginated leaves (Bll.). • Commentary: 15 pages of scientific explanatory text. • Illustrations: Magnificently illustrated select facsimile. Contains 1 colored title page as well as 56 double-page color plates (double‑page sized, colored city views and city plans). • Binding: Wine-red original leather binding with elaborate, rich spine and cover gilding as well as three‑sided gilt. • Condition: Pristine, like-new copy with no defects. • Background: A high-quality partial facsimile of the famous original edition of the city book Civitates orbis terrarum by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg, published in 6 volumes between 1574 and 1618

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