![BRAUN, Georg (1541-1622) and Frans HOGENBERG (fl. c. 1540-1590). Civitates orbis terrarum. Cologne: I: [?Gottfried von Kempen for the authors, 1593]; II: Bertram Buchholtz for the authors, 1597; III: B. Buchholtz for the authors, 1599; IV: [?B. Buchholtz for the authors, 1594], V: [?Peter von Brachel for the authors, 1600].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2005/CKS/2005_CKS_07137_0002_000(101616).jpg?w=1)
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BRAUN, Georg (1541-1622) and Frans HOGENBERG (fl. c. 1540-1590). Civitates orbis terrarum. Cologne: I: [?Gottfried von Kempen for the authors, 1593]; II: Bertram Buchholtz for the authors, 1597; III: B. Buchholtz for the authors, 1599; IV: [?B. Buchholtz for the authors, 1594], V: [?Peter von Brachel for the authors, 1600].
Parts I-V (only, of 6) in 2 volumes, maps bound in a separate text, oblong 2° (398 x 530mm) and 2° (404 x 256mm). 303 double-page engraved maps by Hogenberg, Simon Novellanus after Hogenberg, Novellanus, William Smith, Joris Hoefnagel, Cornelius Caymox. ALL COLOURED BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND and bound as broadsheets (of 305, lacking V/7-8, the folding plate of Antwerp V/27 bound in after the first plan of Antwerp I/17.) Text in Latin. Dedications, prefaces and indices bound into the text volume, woodcut initials and tailpieces, all coloured by a contemporary hand, 3-page manuscript index bound in at the end of the text volume. (Plate volume: some light browning, some plates creased or torn on fold and neatly repaired on verso, a few trimmed, occasional surface loss of colour, some areas retouched. Text volume: lightly spotted, dampstained causing tears on a few leaves, a few leaves excised, 1 leaf of manuscript index detached and torn, lacking titles.) 17th-century English reversed calf, blind borders of floral and foliate tools within double dog-tooth rolls, spines in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-piece in one (a little marked and scuffed, extremities rubbed causing surface loss, atlas volume rebacked and recornered in the late 19th or early 20th century, text volume hinges split and joints cracking, a few small wormholes). Provenance: W. Bolton (manuscript numbers on plates and inscription on index stating that he compiled it)--Hugh Le Geyt Kensington (inscriptions on atlas front free endpaper and first leaf of text volume).
A FINE COLOURED COPY WITH THE PLATES BOUND IN OBLONG FOLIO FORMAT. THE CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM IS 'JUSTLY CELEBRATED AS THE FIRST GENERAL COLLECTION DEVOTED SOLELY TO TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEWS. Many of the towns depicted are the first engraved views. Apart from its topographical value, the work is of great interest for its record of the domestic life of the period. Town views, heraldic coats of arms, rural scenes, land and water transport, public buildings and so on are vividly depicted' (NMM). 'The most original and magnificent of all city-atlases', which drew 'on the work of accomplished topographical artists; and ... reproduced it in pictorial compositions of great charm and individuality' (Skelton, p.VII). Originally envisaged as a one-volume work, the scale of the Civitates expanded to fill six volumes, which were issued over the course of 45 years, from 1572 to 1617; the present set appears to have been purchased by its first owner in c. 1600, by which date only parts I-V had been published (part VI was published in 1617). Most unusually, this copy appears to have been divided and bound as two volumes by an early owner (perhaps during the mid 17th century): the plates, which bear traces of earlier guards on the versos, were extracted from their first binding and rebound in oblong folio format, thus allowing the city plans to be viewed as flat sheets and the text leaves have been bound up as a separate volume. Cf. Koeman (1967-70) B & H 1-5; cf. NMM III, i, 459 (1573-1618 ed.); cf. Phillips Atlases 59 (1612 edition); cf. Skelton 'Introduction', in: G. Braun and F. Hogenberg Civitates orbis terrarum (Amsterdam: 1965). (2)
Parts I-V (only, of 6) in 2 volumes, maps bound in a separate text, oblong 2° (398 x 530mm) and 2° (404 x 256mm). 303 double-page engraved maps by Hogenberg, Simon Novellanus after Hogenberg, Novellanus, William Smith, Joris Hoefnagel, Cornelius Caymox. ALL COLOURED BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND and bound as broadsheets (of 305, lacking V/7-8, the folding plate of Antwerp V/27 bound in after the first plan of Antwerp I/17.) Text in Latin. Dedications, prefaces and indices bound into the text volume, woodcut initials and tailpieces, all coloured by a contemporary hand, 3-page manuscript index bound in at the end of the text volume. (Plate volume: some light browning, some plates creased or torn on fold and neatly repaired on verso, a few trimmed, occasional surface loss of colour, some areas retouched. Text volume: lightly spotted, dampstained causing tears on a few leaves, a few leaves excised, 1 leaf of manuscript index detached and torn, lacking titles.) 17th-century English reversed calf, blind borders of floral and foliate tools within double dog-tooth rolls, spines in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-piece in one (a little marked and scuffed, extremities rubbed causing surface loss, atlas volume rebacked and recornered in the late 19th or early 20th century, text volume hinges split and joints cracking, a few small wormholes). Provenance: W. Bolton (manuscript numbers on plates and inscription on index stating that he compiled it)--Hugh Le Geyt Kensington (inscriptions on atlas front free endpaper and first leaf of text volume).
A FINE COLOURED COPY WITH THE PLATES BOUND IN OBLONG FOLIO FORMAT. THE CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM IS 'JUSTLY CELEBRATED AS THE FIRST GENERAL COLLECTION DEVOTED SOLELY TO TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEWS. Many of the towns depicted are the first engraved views. Apart from its topographical value, the work is of great interest for its record of the domestic life of the period. Town views, heraldic coats of arms, rural scenes, land and water transport, public buildings and so on are vividly depicted' (NMM). 'The most original and magnificent of all city-atlases', which drew 'on the work of accomplished topographical artists; and ... reproduced it in pictorial compositions of great charm and individuality' (Skelton, p.VII). Originally envisaged as a one-volume work, the scale of the Civitates expanded to fill six volumes, which were issued over the course of 45 years, from 1572 to 1617; the present set appears to have been purchased by its first owner in c. 1600, by which date only parts I-V had been published (part VI was published in 1617). Most unusually, this copy appears to have been divided and bound as two volumes by an early owner (perhaps during the mid 17th century): the plates, which bear traces of earlier guards on the versos, were extracted from their first binding and rebound in oblong folio format, thus allowing the city plans to be viewed as flat sheets and the text leaves have been bound up as a separate volume. Cf. Koeman (1967-70) B & H 1-5; cf. NMM III, i, 459 (1573-1618 ed.); cf. Phillips Atlases 59 (1612 edition); cf. Skelton 'Introduction', in: G. Braun and F. Hogenberg Civitates orbis terrarum (Amsterdam: 1965). (2)
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