Volumes III and IV of Braun-Hogenberg work
George Braun and Franz Hogenberg Urbium Praecipuarum Totius Mundi. liber tertius, liber quartus Cologne 1590
two volumes. Folio. Vol III:frontis(dedication and prelimina-ry leaves missing) and 58(of 59, missing plate nr 1, Norwich) double plate engraved views.black and white. index tabulae.Vol IV: Frontispiece. (preliminary and dedicatory leaves missing) and 59 double plates engraved views. black and white.light foxing in some plates.overall in good condition.Both volumes in a XIX century half leather binding with covers polished and spines gilt and labels in blue and red.Ex libris from the earls of Berenguer inside covers.
Volumes 3 and 4 from the six volumes collection of Braun Hogenberg views, being the first attempt to publish a corpus of views of the most important cities at the XVI century. The complete work spanned during 40 years so it was difficult to assembled complete sets.These two volumes show important views like Zurych, Vilna,Rotterdam,,Luxembourg,edinburgh,Seville,Stockolm,Copenhage,Hamburg,Munich,Roma double plate and jerusalem double plate between many others.many views are inspired in drawings by Joris Hoefnagel who travelled widely through several countries.
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