...Translation of cartouche text: Faithful view of the illustrious town of Mechelen, in the middle of Brabant. Taschen on Mechelen Franz Hogenberg’s birthplace is illustrated twice. In the view presented... More info
...(Taschen) Braun and Hogenberg have placed another illustration of Regensburg in their atlas, i.e. in the first book. That view shares one page with perspectives of München, Inglostadt, Freising, Nördlingen,... More info
...trees and fertile fields. Presented in spatial depth and exuding a striking sense of animation, it is one of the most successful landscapes in Braun and Hogenberg’s city atlas. In... More info
Burgos by Braun & Hogenberg The engraving has probably been made after a drawing by Anton van de Wyngaerde. Original title: Burgos celebris et antiqua Hispaniae civitas, … (and) Sanct.... More info
...Ottoman Turkey’s European borders extended almost to Venice as recently as the late 19th century while its Asian borders extended almost to the Indian Ocean. Braun and Hogenberg’s map “Byzantium... More info
...Translation of cartouche text: Faithful view of the illustrious town of Mechelen, in the middle of Brabant. Taschen on Mechelen Franz Hogenberg’s birthplace is illustrated twice. In the view presented... More info
...Italian president. In 1580 Montaigne praised the building as the most beautiful palace in Italy, a compliment that probably inspired Braun and Hogenberg to include it in their city atlas.... More info
...arms, figures in the foreground and a title cartouche. From Braun & Hogenberg’s Civitatus Orbis Terrarum, the most important book of town plans and views published in the 16th Century.... More info