Lot 311
Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg. Lippe (and) Dortmund. Handcolored bird's-eye views of Lippia and Dortmund, from Civitates orbis terrarum (Cologne, c. 1620), v.4, plate 20. In cartouche at bottom right: "Lippia opp. licet Comitib. de Lippia subsit … hec Hermannus Hammelmannus." Three armorials across top; "Dortmund" in baroque cartouche. Image: 13½ x 17", matted and framed to an overall size of 23¾ x 27¼".
Not examined out of frame. A few nicks to frame.
The Civitates orbis terrarum was one of the major works of the Renaissance, used a combination of three types of representation : The pictorial panoramic view showing the arrangement of a town's buildings situated in their topographical surroundings; the town plan - a straightforward scaled map and the bird's-eye view which is more or less a combination of panorama and plan as seen from above.
After 1618 Jan Jansson aquired the plates for Civitates orbis terrarum and published an eight-volume edition. The maps were re-issued a number of times in various forms and were published for the last time in 1750.
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
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