Old Views - Slovakia - Kunstantiquariat Monika Schmidt

Braun and Hogenberg	AV 29113
	Komárno, Slovakia and Hungary „Comorra“ Two views of Komárno: In the upper part town and fortress seen over the Danube river, below bird's-eye-view of the fortress. Today Komárno is a border town between Slovakia and Hungary, the historic centre and the fortress belongs to Slovakia. € 400,-
Copper engraving after Georg Hoefnagel from 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' by Braun and Hogenberg, vol. VI, Cologne 1617, plate sizes 17,8 x 48,2 cm and 21 x 48,2 cm. Latin edition. Perfect impression and condition. Braun and Hogenberg Frans Hogenberg (1535 Mecheln - Cologne 1590) was a copper engraver and etcher. Georg Braun (1541 - Cologne - 1622) was a geographer and publisher. Both edited the first comprehensive and systematicly designed atlas with town views and plans from all over the world. The collection 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' was published from 1572 until 1618 and ultimately 6 volumes contained more than 500 copper engravings together with a huge amount of textural information. G. Braun was compiling the text and F. Hogenberg was responsible for the engravings (of the first 4 volumes). Many of the views were based on drawings by Joris Hoefnagel (1542 Antwerp - Vienna 1600). The 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' can be seen very much as a companion piece to the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' by Abraham Ortelius (1527 - Antwerp - 1598), whose atlases with maps from all over the world were published from 1570 until 1612.
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