![]() And as city growth in early times, with a few obvious exceptions, was more or less static, even further it gives a visual printed record of mediaeval Europe, and is one of the most valuable sources remaining to the student and historian of these periods." (R.V. The whole forms a wonderful compendium of life in Europe in the sixteenth century. This was done so magnificently that the result was an art as decorative as it was informative. Their primary aim was not to produce well-balanced landscapes, but to give as much information as possible in a pleasing visual form, in reality a kind of super guide book. The general multiplication of detail slightly offends certain commentators who fail to appreciate the purpose of the editors. Those figures are out of proportion necessarily. A distinctive feature of the plates is the insertion of large figures in the foreground to illustrate local costume. The law is represented by various forms of punishment, gibbets, wheels, floggings etc. Small vignettes illustrate the trade, occupations and habits of the locality, agriculture, paper-making and textiles. Varieties of land travel are depicted, pedestrians, horsemen, wagons, coaches, and palanquins. The importance of waterways is stressed by the careful delineation of stone bridges, wooden pontoons, flat-bottomed ferries, moles, wharves and jetties the ports with ocean-going craft, the inland waters with river traffic. Further, the editors gave additional factual information as a deliberately planned policy, such as the heraldic arms of the city, and the nature of the surrounding countryside, whether wooded or arable, grazing land, vineyards, or gardens. In the main, the buildings in each view are shown in elevation, and while the ordinary buildings are stylized, the principal buildings are reproduced from actual drawings on the spot, and these, and the main streets, can be recognized today. it was the first serious attempt to give graphic representations of the main cities of the World, with a wealth of factual detail. Tooley writes: "The Civitates is one of the great books of the World. ![]() Although led by Braun and Hogenberg, the books were created by a large team of writers, engravers, and artists. The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was the first atlas of world cities and one of the most important books published in the late 16th century. ![]() The original publication dates are vol I, 1572 vol II, 1575 vol III, 1581 vol IV, c.1588 vol V, c.1598 vol VI, 1617. The other five volumes are titled individually. The title for the series of six volumes is taken from the first volume which is general practice. There are 546 plans/views of cities on 363 plates. We date the volumes, texts and plates separately, using Van der Krogt's listings. All six volumes are printed by Peter von Brachel between 18, with the texts reset by him and the plates used generally from first or second editions. Van der Krogt dates the individual volumes as 1 (c. This is van der Krogt's XVIII edition, c.
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