Item details: Bambergae Episcopalis in Franconiae urbis celeberriniae ...
£ 345.00
BRAUN, George - HOGENBERG, Frans
Bambergae Episcopalis in Franconiae urbis celeberriniae ...
Imprint: Cologne, 1617-[18]
360 x 510 mm. Modern wash colour. With German text to the verso.
An attractive early view of Bamberg, Germany, in fine early colour. 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. This plate was published in the rarest of the volumes, the sixth and last in 1618. Koeman II B & H 6 no. 15.