Civitates orbis terrarum
Publisher: Apud Aegidium Radeum
Published: 1575
Place of publication: Antwerpiae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 58
Subjects: Geography; Early works to 1800; Early maps; Renaissance Cities and towns
Notes: Imprint from colophon on verso of map 58, after the privilege by king Philip of Spain dated November 22, 1574 (text in Dutch)

Imperial privilege of Maximilian II on verso of t.p.: Anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo septuagesimo secundo, i.e. 1572.

George Braun's preface to the reader is dated Coloniae Agrippinae M.D. LXXII.

Explanatory text by Georg Braun printed on recto of each plate; engravings by Franciscus Hogenberg and Simon Novellanus.

Signatures: A-F² *-6*²; the first, unnumbered plate has signature A.

The first of six pts. published between 1572 and 1617; only the 1st pt. has the title Civitates orbis terrarum; See Koeman, who seems not to list this ed. under Latin text, pt. I.

Title in engraved architectural border with figures of Minerva and Hercules on either side.

Includes index on final [24] p.

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, I:257.

Koeman, C.  Atlantes neerlandici, 15-16.

Sabin, 7448.

Alden, J.E.  European Americana, 575/6.