A dramatic view of the city of Granada, with travelers in the foreground and the mountains beyond. A splendid ornamental cartouche, surrounded by flying crows, lists the Alhambra and other major buildings. From the Civitates Orbis Terarrum the greatest book of its kind. The "Civitates" was ...

Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 32 / 20 x 12½

Two detailed and decorative viewson one sheet: The upper view is the ancient Visigothic capital of Toledo and below, the city of Valladolid, located in northern Castile. Clearly visible on the Toledo plate are the city's most distinctive buildings, the Cathedral and the high-walled Royal Palace. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 47.5 x 33 / 18½ x 13

Alhama is a pretty, ancient spa town near Granada. This dramatic engraving, as seen from a nearby hilltop, shows the town perched above the Rio Alham in rolling countryside, while in the foreground, travellers wend their way on the hilly road from Granada. At the bottom of the hill is a ...

Dimensions (W x H): 45 x 34 / 17½ x 13½

Attractive print of four Portuguese ports on the way the Orient. The upper and largest print is of Calechut, south of Goa, on the Malabar Coast. The lower prints are of Ormus, Canonor and ‘St George’ ( Madras?). Braun and Hogenburg’s ‘Civitates’ consisted of over 500 city views/maps published in ...

Dimensions (W x H): 46.5 x 33 / 18½ x 13

Beautiful view of Fondi in Latina province, south central Italy. Figures in the foreground, behind the town lie the Aurunci mountains. The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was a monumental work completed over 45 years between 1572 and 1617, and was one of the best-selling works of the late ...

Dimensions (W x H): 46.5 x 35 / 18½ x 14

Beautiful plan of Paris with title cartouche and figures in the foreground. The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was a monumental work completed over 45 years between 1572 and 1617, and was one of the best-selling works of the late sixteenth-century. It was the first systematic city atlas (containing the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 48.5 x 34.5 / 19 x 13½

Ortelius based the map on the map and plan by Marcus Secsnagel, 1551. Braun and Hogenberg also used Secsnagel work. The poem at the top left commemorates him. The map has been drawn as if stretched over a frame, with the edges pinned down, the lower edges have rolled free to reveal the town plan ...

Dimensions (W x H): 43 x 34 / 17 x 13½

Beautiful view of the Spanish city of Santander. Showing the port and harbour, ships in the bay, mountains beyond and three women, a donkey and a baby in the foreground. Braun and Hogenberg’s Civitates Orbis Terrarum was a monumental work completed over 45 years between 1572 and 1617, and was one ...

Dimensions (W x H): 35.5 x 32 / 14 x 12½

A beautiful plan of Venice with detailed key and figures of clergymen. The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was a monumental work completed over 45 years between 1572 and 1617, and was one of the best-selling works of the late sixteenth-century. It was the first systematic city atlas (containing the first ...

Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 33.5 / 19 x 13

Based on the 1548 map by Jacques and Jean Surhon, according to van der Broecke there were only one hundred copies of this map printed. Strapwork cartouche, coats of arms,two scales beadwork border Ref: van den Broecke 69

Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38 / 19½ x 15

A beautiful birds-eye plan of Rome with decorative title cartouche. Two figures in the foreground, and two tables of explanations.

Dimensions (W x H): 48.5 x 33.5 / 19 x 13