330 x 480 mm., in good recent wash colour, small repair to lower centrefold in the margin, otherwise a good example. With German text to the verso.
An attractive bird's eye view of Lyon in France. This is the more desirable of the images of Lyon in the work. 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. Koeman II B & H 1 no. 10; Fauser, A. 8177.
