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<dl><dd>Imprint from colophon on verso of map 58, after the privilege by king Philip of Spain dated November 22, 1574 (text in Dutch)</dd>
<dd>Imperial privilege of Maximilian II on verso of t.p.: Anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo septuagesimo secundo, i.e. 1572</dd>
<dd>George Braun's preface to the reader is dated Coloniae Agrippinae M.D. LXXII</dd>
<dd>Explanatory text by Georg Braun printed on recto of each plate; engravings by Franciscus Hogenberg and Simon Novellanus</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A-F² *-6*²; the first, unnumbered plate has signature A</dd>
<dd>The first of six pts. published between 1572 and 1617; only the 1st pt. has the title Civitates orbis terrarum; See Koeman, who seems not to list this ed. under Latin text, pt. I</dd>
<dd>Title in engraved architectural border with figures of Minerva and Hercules on either side</dd>
<dd>Includes index on final [24] p</dd>
<dd>JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675</dd>
<dd>Koeman, C. Atlantes neerlandici</dd>
<dd>Sabin</dd>
<dd>Alden, J.E. European Americana</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Geography; Early maps; Cities and towns, Renaissance</div>
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Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622</div>
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