CITIES OF THE WORLD. COMPLETE EDITION OF THE COLOUR PLATES OF 1572-1617
Autor/es
- EAN: 9783822852729
- ISBN: 978-3-8228-5272-9
- Editorial: TASCHEN
- Año de la edición: 2008
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 48 X 32 cm.
- Páginas: 501
- Materias:
urbanismo
ciudades y países
cartografía, mapas
siglo xvi
siglo xvii
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This is history's most opulent collection of town maps and illustrations. It is the complete reprint of all 531 color plates from Braun and Hogenberg's survey of town maps, city views, and plans of Europe, Africa, Asia and Central America, with dozens of unusual details as well as selected extracts from the original text and an in-depth commentary. It is first published in Cologne 1572-1617.Five centuries after it was originally published in Cologne, Braun and Hogenberg's magnificent collection of town map engravings, Civitates Orbis Terrarum , has been brought back to life with this reprint taken from a rare and superbly preserved original set of six volumes.
