![BRAUN, Georg ( 1541-1622) and Franz HOGENBERG (1536-1590). Londinum Feracissimi Angliae Regni Metropolis. [Cologne: 1572 or later]. Hand-coloured engraved map (platemark 332 x 485mm; with margins 414 x 542mm). Title cartouche with border of roses and swags, Tudor Royal and City arms, Latin text on verso. (Edges reinforced.)](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_09702_0407_000(braun_georg_and_franz_hogenberg_londinum_feracissimi_angliae_regni_met074400).jpg?w=1)
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BRAUN, Georg ( 1541-1622) and Franz HOGENBERG (1536-1590). Londinum Feracissimi Angliae Regni Metropolis. [Cologne: 1572 or later]. Hand-coloured engraved map (platemark 332 x 485mm; with margins 414 x 542mm). Title cartouche with border of roses and swags, Tudor Royal and City arms, Latin text on verso. (Edges reinforced.)
'THE BEST KNOWN AND MOST IMPORTANT OF THE SURVIVING EARLY MAP-VIEWS OF LONDON' (Darlington & Howgego p.10). From Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum, 'The first atlas of town plans and views embracing the whole world' (Tooley Dictionary p. 80), this 'map gives a fascinating picture of the capital before Elizabeth came to the throne' (Glanville). Darlington & Howgego, no. 2; Glanville pl. 3.
'THE BEST KNOWN AND MOST IMPORTANT OF THE SURVIVING EARLY MAP-VIEWS OF LONDON' (Darlington & Howgego p.10). From Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum, 'The first atlas of town plans and views embracing the whole world' (Tooley Dictionary p. 80), this 'map gives a fascinating picture of the capital before Elizabeth came to the throne' (Glanville). Darlington & Howgego, no. 2; Glanville pl. 3.