C 1590 (119 results)

Sewn as issued, pictorial wrappers. Very fine. Provenance: Ulf Cederlöf (1948-2021), chief curator of prints and drawings at the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, 1985. 8:o. 59 pp. Contents (in English:) "A Reflection on Some Early Works by Bernaert de Rijckere" (9 pp., 8 illustrations) by Lubomir Konecny, and "Peeter Baltens, a forgotten draughtsman of the Bruegel circle: his landscape drawings" by Richard Jung (13 pp., 9 illustrations).

Schönes original Kupferstich-Portrait von ca. 1700. -- Blattformat: ca.25x18 cm. Platte: ca. 15 x 11 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Original copper engraved portrait from c. 1700. -- in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10.

Schönes original Kupferstich-Portrait aus dem 17. Jh. -- Blattformat: ca.25x18 cm. Platte: ca. 14 x 9 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Original copper engraved portrait from the 17th century. -- in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10.

Schönes original Kupferstich-Portrait aus dem 17. Jh. -- Blattformat: ca.25x18 cm. Platte: ca. 14 x 9 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Original copper engraved portrait from the 17th century. -- in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10.

Original Kupferstich-Portrait mit schöner Barock-Umrahmung. -- Bild-Maße: ca. 21,5 x 16,5 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Original engraved portrait with beautiful baroque framing. -- in very good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10.

Original Kupferstich-Portrait mit schöner Barock-Umrahmung. -- Bild-Maße: ca. 21,5 x 16,5 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Original engraved portrait with beautiful baroque framing. -- in very good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10.

Schönes original Kupferstich-Portrait aus dem 18. Jh. -- Blattformat: ca.25x18 cm. Platte: ca. 15 x 11 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Original copper engraved portrait from the 18th century. -- in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10.

schönes Original Kupferstich-Portrait aus dem 18. Jahrhundert - Blatt-Format: ca. 15,5 x 25 cm | // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 10.

ca. 25x15,5 cm. schönes Kupferstich-Portrait von ca. 1750 Blatt-Format: ca. 25x15,5 cm leicht fleckig sonstgut erhalten // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 10.

4to. menor; 154 pp. Encuadernación original en tela.

Original Kupferstich-Portrait aus dem 17. Jahrhundert. -- Blattmasse: ca. 28 x 18,5 cm. Plattenmasse: ca. 20,5 x 14,5 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Original copper engraved portrait from the 17th century. -- in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10.

Original Kupferstich-Portrait aus dem 17. Jh. -- Blattmasse: ca. 28 x 20 cm. Platte: ca. 17 x 12 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Original copper engraved portrait from the 17th century. -- in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10.

4to.; L pp., 423 pp., 2 hs. Cubiertas originales.

Original Kupferstich von ca. 1600. -- Platten-Maße: ca. 21 x 27 cm; mit schmalen Rändchen. -- teils etwas fleckig, sonst gut erhalten. || Original copper engraving from c. 1600. --- With narrow margins. -- partly somewhat stained, otherwise in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. la Gewicht in Gramm: 15.

Una tavola numerata (tav. 3) incisa in rame. Monogramma FP inciso in basso a destra. Misura mm. 165x320 alla battuta, ampi margini bianchi in barbe. Tratta da "Icones et segmenta illustrium e marmore tabularum . a Francisco Perrier delineata", Romae, 1645 (Paris, chez la veuve de deffunct Mons. Perier).

12mo [13 x 8 x 7 cm]. Contemporary leather binding with a red title label. (34) 792 pp. With an engraved frontispiece and 81 other copper engravings (one of the folded) and smaller in-text woodcuts. Some of the engravings with small restorations. Binding slightly rubbed. The first edition of the Dutch translation of a guide to antique and modern Rome: "Ritratto di Roma moderna" (first published in 1638), as seen in a 6-day trip. With an overview of the most important buildings and monuments of both ancient and "modern" Rome, reconstruction drawings and contemporary views of the city. Pompilio Totti (c.1590-1639), born in Cerreto di Spoleto, worked in Rome from 1611-1612 with the bookseller Martinelli before opening his own bookshop in 1639. He was an Italian librarian, engraving and printseller. This is a very beautiful, early description of the architecture of Rome and its surroundings, with its most famous buildings and monuments: Pons Sublicius, Papal Palace on Monte Cavallo, Palazzo Barberini, Villa Aldobrandini (Frascati), the tomb of Caecilia Metella, the statue of Laocoön and His Sons, etc. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Niederländisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Condition: Buono (Good). 4to (202x141 mm). 243, [1] leaves. Collation: A-GG8 HH4. Author's woodcut portrait on title page. Large woodcut emblem at the end. Colophon on l. HH3v. 18th-century English calf, red morocco lettering piece on spine, marbled edges (worn and rubbed, joints weakened). On the front pastedown 18th-century bookplate and ownership entry ?MClive at Bromfield 1773? An old hand has numbered all the octaves in each book of the poem. First and last page slightly soiled, margins cut short, all in all a good copy.Rare first edition of this continuation of Ariosto's Furioso written in an Italian interspersed with dialectisms, mostly from the Umbrian region. The work opens with two dedications to Francesco Gonzaga, the first by the author, the second by Pietro Aretino, both dated from Venice, 1 April 1543.The Continuatione di Orlando Furioso con la morte di Ruggiero, by the Umbrian poet Sigismondo Paolucci Filogenio, is the last poem in ottava rima printed by Niccolò Zoppino and is divided into 63 books (or cantos) filled with encomiastic verses in honour of the Gonzaga family. At the time of its publication, the work aroused various criticisms, so much so that Girolamo Ruscelli decided to write an apology (Apologia di M. Hieronimo Ruscelli contra i biasmatori della Continovatione d'Orlando Furioso del Filogenio, Venice, Zoppino, 1543).The Apologia, addressed to the members of the Accademia dello Sdegno, an academy founded by Ruscelli himself in 1541 and to which Paolocci also belonged, is significant because it was published many years before the querelle that would lead to the famous defences of the Furioso by authors such as Fornari, Pigna, Giraldi Cinzio, Toscanella and others, would erupt. According to Ruscelli, Zoppino had decided to publish the second dedication sent to him by Aretino, a great friend of Paolucci's, to make up for having published the poem without the author's consent. In fact, Paolucci is said to have accused Ruscelli of sending the poem to print without his permission and, worse still, without his name. The relationship between Ruscelli and Paolucci, however, is unclear. On the one hand, Paolucci regretted that the book was published before it could be revised and approved by the Accademia dello Sdegno, on the other Ruscelli claimed to have read the manuscript of the unpublished poem, in Rome in 1539, when Paolucci had reached canto 58 (cf. F. Lucioli, Girolamo Ruscelli e l'Apologia della Continuatione di Orlando Furioso di Sigismondo Paolucci Filogenio, in: ?La letteratura degli Italiani. 1 Centri e periferie, Atti del XIII Congresso nazionale dell'Associazione degli Italianisti Italiani, Pugnochiuso, 16-19 settembre 2009?, D. Cofano & S. Valerio, eds., Foggia, 2011).?L'autore più utile per comprendere questo intreccio di tensioni all'originalità e autorepressione edipica è senz'altro Sigismondo Paoluccio. In lui l'originalità è vissuta con un vero senso di colpa, che lo costringe a iper-giustificare ogni scelta narrativa, a motivarla e renderla accettabile, con esiti di involontaria comicità. Si va dalla semplice giustificazione dell'ellissi [?] all'elogio affettuoso [?] Nonostante, come è ovvio in un poema di sessantatré canti, nella Continuazione ci sia molto di nuovo rispetto al Furioso, sorprende anche di vedere come Paoluccio continui ancora a girare ossessivamente intorno ai temi e personaggi della sua fonte, sin nei minimi particolari [?] Del resto, come sappiamo già dall'Apologia di Ruscelli, questa contraddizione in Paoluccio assume una forma ancora più estrema, e originale, ossia l'invenzione di una nuova fonte, alternativa al Turpino ariostesco. Ariosto diventa qui davvero il Turpino del suo continuatore, il quale, invece di scegliere la via, ariostesca, di dissacrare la sua fonte, preferisce quella di inventarne un'altra. Proprio la costante preoccupazione di Paoluccio a questo riguardo indica la difficoltà in cui si invischia quanto più cerca di liberarsi del peso del suo predecessore [?] Rico. Book.

Condition: Good. THE FIRST TREATISE ON DOMESTIC ECONOMY AND AGRICOLTURE WRITTEN BY A TUSCAN AUTHOR4to (cm 203x135). [80], 561, [3] pp. Collation: a-k4 A-Zzz4 Aaaa6. The last leaf is a blank. Printer's device on title page and on l. Aaaa5v. Colophon on l. Aaaa5v. Woodcut historiated initials. Slightly later stiff vellum, inked title on spine (minor restoration to spine, slightly soiled). On title page ownership entry ?ex codicibus Gabrielis Ritii [. . .] et equitis aureati? Some occasional staining and foxing, a few tiny round wormholes to the last fifty leaves, all in all a good, genuine copy.Rare first edition, dedicated to Giulio Pallavicini, of this comprehensive treatise on domestic economy, education of children and agriculture: the first by a Tuscan author.In the preface, Tommasi gives a brief history of the literature on household economy, lamenting the scarcity of texts devoted to the subject: Besides Aristotle, Xenophon and St Thomas, he surprisingly quotes Leon Battista Alberti's then unpublished treatise Della Famiglia (cf. D. Frigo, Il padre di famiglia. Governo della casa e governo civile nella tradizione dell' ?economica? tra Cinque e Seicento, Rome, 1985, p. 17; see also pp. 40-41 and 180-181)The first part of the work deals mainly with family management: marriage, role of women, choice of servants, household government, etc. Christian education is achieved, according to the author who follows the precepts of the Council of Trent, mainly through love for children. Religious instruction, imparted by the father following the different stages of the child's growth (with more authority in the childhood years and then moving to greater depth toward adolescence), must be accompanied by moral instruction, for which the father figure provides the example, and by intellectual instruction, to which, according to Tommasi, all children are entitled, whether rich or poor (cf. G. Mu?ller, Bildung und Erziehung im Humanismus der italienischen Renaissance, Wiesbaden, 1969, pp. 89-91).The second part is a complete treatise on agriculture and farming. It discusses the cultivation of vegetables, animal husbandry, tree care (including vines, olive and palm trees), beekeeping, as well as the preparation of numerous products such as cheese, olive oil, vinegar, dried figs, wine, etc.The author, a native of Colle Val d'Elsa in Tuscany, studied medicine in Naples, where he began practicing his profession. He was later in Montepulciano, Acquapendente, Rieti, Cortona and Rome at the hospital of Santo Spirito. He authored several medical treatises, including one on plague, and a poem in praise of the women of his hometown (cf. M. Berengo, Un agronomo toscano del Cinquecento: Francesco Tommasi da Colle Val d'Elsa, in: ?Studi di storia medievale e moderna per Ernesto Sestan?, Florence, 1980, II, pp. 495-518).BMSTC Italian, p. 675; Edit 16, CNCE28918; Gamba, 1700; G. Guarducci, Annali dei Marescotti tipografi editori di Firenze (1563-1613), Florence, 2001, no. 135, pp. 63-64; A. Erdmann, My gracious silence, Luzern, 1999, p. 195. Book.

OriginalKupferstich von Francois Perrier von 1638. - Blattmasse: ca.36,2 x27,2 cm - etwas fleckig - sonst gut erhalten | Original etching by Francois Perrier from 1638. - in very good condition. Francois Perrier hatte als Lehrer von Charles le Brun großen Einfluss auf die französische Malerei. Er wurde in Pontarlier geboren und ging 1625 nach Rom um bei Giovanni Lanfranco zu lernen. 1630 arbeitet er mit dem Hofmaler Simon Vouet zusammen in Paris. Von 1632 bis 1634 war er der Lehrer von Charles le Brun, auf welchen er eintscheidenden Einfluss hatte. 1635 zieht Francois Perrier wieder nach Rom, wo er an den Fresken des Palazzo Peretti-Almagià arbeitet. 1645 arbeitet er mit Eustache Le Sueur am Hôtel Lambert. 1648 gründet er mit zwölf anderen Künstlern die Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. - Die meisten seiner Werke sind heute leider verschollen. -- -- Perrier was born in Pontarlier. During the years 16201625, he was the pupil of Giovanni Lanfranco in Rome. 1630 he returned to Paris and worked in the classsicising circle of Simon Vouet. In 16321634, he had for a pupil Charles Le Brun, destined to become the central figure of official French painting in the age of Louis XIV. 1635 he returned to Rome, where he publicated his repertory of etchings of classical models. 1645 he painted the ceiling of the gallery of the Hotel de la Vrilliere and worked with Eustache Le Sueur on the cabinet de l'amour in the Hotel Lambert. In 1648 he was one of the twelve founders of the Academie royale de peinture et de sculpture. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. la Gewicht in Gramm: 20.

Original Kupferstich von ca. 1600. -- Platten-Maße: ca. 21 x 28 cm; mit schmalen Rändchen. -- leicht fleckig, sonst gut erhalten. || Original copper engraving from c. 1600. --- With narrow margins. -- slightly stained, otherwise in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. la Gewicht in Gramm: 15.

Prächtiger Kupferstich von c. 1635 nach einer antiken Statue. -- Blatt-Maße: ca. 50 x 33,5 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Splendid engraving from c. 1635 after an antique Roman statue. -- in very good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Italienisch Gewicht in Gramm: 25.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. In Hebrew. (6), 205, (1) pages. 190 x 115 mm. Limited edition of 500 copies, see colophon. ?.

Original Kupferstich von ca. 1600. -- Platten-Maße: ca. 21 x 25 cm; mit schmalen Rändchen. -- teils etwas fleckig, sonst gut erhalten. || Original copper engraving from c. 1600. --- With narrow margins. -- with some staining, otherwise in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. la Gewicht in Gramm: 15.

Due tavole sciolte numerate (tav. 12 e tav. 13) incise in rame. Monogramma FP inciso in basso a destra. Misurano ognuna mm. 160x430 alla battuta, ampi margini bianchi in barbe. Una volta unite andrebbero a formare un unico soggetto scultoreo. Tratte da "Icones et segmenta illustrium e marmore tabularum . a Francisco Perrier delineata", Romae, 1645 (Paris, chez la veuve de deffunct Mons. Perier).

Due tavole sciolte numerate (tav. 6 e tav. 7) incise in rame. Monogramma FP inciso in basso a destra. Misurano ognuna mm. 168x370 alla battuta, ampi margini bianchi in barbe. Una volta unite andrebbero a formare un unico soggetto scultoreo. Tratte da "Icones et segmenta illustrium e marmore tabularum . a Francisco Perrier delineata", Romae, 1645 (Paris, chez la veuve de deffunct Mons. Perier).

Due tavole sciolte numerate (tav. 15 e tav. 16) incise in rame. Monogramma FP inciso in basso a destra. Misurano ognuna mm. 160x430 alla battuta, ampi margini bianchi in barbe. Una volta unite andrebbero a formare un unico soggetto scultoreo. Tratte da "Icones et segmenta illustrium e marmore tabularum . a Francisco Perrier delineata", Romae, 1645 (Paris, chez la veuve de deffunct Mons. Perier).

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1590 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 150 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 150 Clever, William, active 1590,W. C.

"Single sheet (15 6/8 x 20 4/8 inches; 12 6/8 x 15 6/8 inches to the neat line). Fine engraved view of the city of Douai, the title within a fine mannerist strapwork cartouche, all with exceptionally fine deep, rich original hand-colour in full, with German text on the verso (surface abrasion restored). A magnificent view of the city of Douai in northern France, from the very rare German edition of George Braun and Frans Hogenberg's landmark "Civitates orbis terrarium", completed in Cologne between 1572 and 1618, and among the most beautiful and important images of Renaissance cities. The celebrated University at Douai was founded in 1562 and provided a Catholic education for English boys who were prevented from practicing their faith in their home country. As such the city became a center for the Counter-Reformation, translating the bible into English and publishing the New Testament in Rheims in the same year as this view was published. The "Civitates" was the first extensive series of town views that treated its subject matter in an accurate and meaningful way. Earlier collections of town views were far more limited in scope, and often made no real attempt to render the subject city with any degree of realism being simply a record of the existence of a town. Certainly the striking beauty and accuracy of Braun and Hogenberg's production was entirely unprecedented. Earlier collections contained no more than a handful of views, usually only of the more important cities, while the "Civitates" contained literally hundreds of views, including many of smaller towns for which no earlier views are known. Even for the larger, important cities, the "Civitates" is of the utmost importance to the history of their topography.".

Original hand-coloured copper engraving. Plate Size: 49.2 cm x 37 cm. Sheet Size: 59.8 cm x 45 cm. Original map. Very good condition. Faint hint of foxing along left fore edge. Centre fold as issued. Latin text on reverse. [Koeman I, 6000H:1.2]. Border with longitudinal and latitudinal information. A richly detailed and very interesting map showing Roman Hispania - the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. The three Ancient Roman provinces (organised by the emperor Augustus) of Hispania Citerior et Tarraconensis, Hispania Baetica and Lusitania Hispania are shown on the map. Northern tip of Africa ('Hispania Transfretana Sive Tingitana, Qua et Mauritania') pictured also. Relief shown pictorially with rivers, mountains and significant towns and cities depicted. Large decorative cartouche with finely detailed Classical allusions in lower right section of map contains an inset box showing the coastal area around 'Gades' (Cadiz). Cartouche also lists numerous place names of uncertain location (in Latin). Bar-scales within cartouche in top right corner of the map. Decorative title cartouche in lower left corner. Three ships are also pictured suggesting the region's maritime importance. 'Mare Mediterraneum Internum' and 'Ocean Atlanticus, Quod et Mare Hesperium, Vespertinum Occiduum, et Externum' are also listed. Abraham Goos (1590 c. 1643) was a Dutch cartographer, publisher, and engraver. He made globes, maps of North America, a comprehensive map of European coastlines, and the first printed Hebrew language map of The Holy Land. His first teacher was Jodocus Hondius (15631612), a renowned map-maker, whose son-in-law was Johannes Janssonius. After Hondius died, his son-in-law Jan Janssonius took over Hondius's business and continued the partnership with Goos. One of Hondius' specialties was the manufacture of globes, and Goos and Janssonius continued this, regularly modifying them as more geographical information became available. In 1616 he published Nieuw Nederlandtsch Caertboeck, an atlas of the Seventeen Provinces in 23 maps, and one of the first atlases of the Netherlands; Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664) was a renowned geographer and publisher of the seventeenth century, when the Dutch dominated map publishing in Europe.

"Single sheet (15 6/8 x 20 4/8 inches; 13 4/8 x 18 4/8 inches to the neat line). Fine engraved view of the city of Frankenberg, decorated with the Royal arms and the arms of the city, all with exceptionally fine deep, rich original hand-colour in full, with German text on the verso (lower margin with separation at centerfold affecting the image, one or two small surface abrasions). A magnificent view of the city of Frankenberg on the banks of the Eder, from the very rare German edition of George Braun and Frans Hogenberg's landmark "Civitates orbis terrarium", completed in Cologne between 1572 and 1618, and among the most beautiful and important images of Renaissance cities. An impressive view of the city built on a mountain above the river Eder and at the site of an ancient crossroads. Frankenberg burnt down in the 15th-century and was later rebuilt in the 16th, as it appears here. The "Civitates" was the first extensive series of town views that treated its subject matter in an accurate and meaningful way. Earlier collections of town views were far more limited in scope, and often made no real attempt to render the subject city with any degree of realism being simply a record of the existence of a town. Certainly the striking beauty and accuracy of Braun and Hogenberg's production was entirely unprecedented. Earlier collections contained no more than a handful of views, usually only of the more important cities, while the "Civitates" contained literally hundreds of views, including many of smaller towns for which no earlier views are known. Even for the larger, important cities, the "Civitates" is of the utmost importance to the history of their topography.".