Price: £350.00

• Date: 1598
• Condition: AAA
• Colour: BW
• Size (cm): approx. sheet size 42 cm x 56 cm

The upper engraving depicts Nocera, a town in the province of Perugia, 20 km north-east of Foligno, 520 m above sea-level. The town of Nocera was founded in the seventh century BCE.
The lower engraving depicts the town of Castelnovo Monti in the province of Reggio Emilia in the Apennines mountains. Castelnovo is best known for the 'Pietra di Bismantova', a geological landmark in the Apennines. The pietra (literally "Rock of Bismantova") can be spotted from a distance of 30km as it stands at around 1.047m above sea level.

"...Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg’s Civitates Orbis Terrarum, stands as one of the greatest monuments of late 16th and early 17th Century European cartography. Published in Cologne, Germany in a series of six volumes between 1572 and 1617/8, and, when finally completed, comprising nearly 550 City views and plans, the Civitates is also one of the most valuable sources for the study of Renaissance urban cartography. " - Roderick M Barron