Description
Beautiful edition with contemporary German texts, including the version of Civitates Orbis Terrarum: Beschreibung und Contrafactur der vornembster Stät der Welt, 1574 (Description and Counterinvoice of the Most Important Cities in the World).
Luxurious gilt leather binding, ribbed spine, gilt edges, 30 x 42.5 cm. It includes 56 views of European cities, along with some from North Africa and the Near East. Beautiful colored engravings of maps and views from the 16th century, with their corresponding texts. The appendix includes an index and 11 double-column pages with studies of the work and texts in current German.
A beautiful and large book with maps and views of London, Lisbon, Granada, Seville, Paris, Moscow, Amsterdam, Maastricht, Warsaw, Cologne, Munich, Prague, Budapest, Jerusalem, Vienna, Zurich, Rome, and many more, for a total of 56 cities.
2008 edition by Coron bei Kindler Verlag, Berlin.
This copy is in perfect condition and a special gift for high bibliophile.
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