Price: £350.00

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

Title: Cel im Ham / Berncastel / Manderscheidt

Publication: Civitates Orbis Terrarum 1598

Three fine engravings of German towns on the Mosel river.
1. Cel im Ham: ?
2. Bercastel: Bernkastel-Kues is a town over 700 years old, located at the Middle Mosel in the district Bernkastel-Wittlich, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Close to the town on a hill lies the ancient castle of Landshut, built in 1277.
3. Manderscheidt: Manderscheid is known for its two castles (the upper and lower castle). Manderscheid lies on the river Lieser which flows into the Mosel just south of Berkastel.
"...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.

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