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Braun/Hogenberg. Cities of the World

Braun/Hogenberg

by Stephan Füssel and Rem Koolhaas
Hardback
Publication Date: 28/10/2017

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Talk of the town
A landmark in urban mapping

More than four centuries on from its first publication, discover one of the jewels of urban cartography and civic studies. This quality reprint includes the most enchanting color plates from the Civitates orbis terrarum, a magnificent collection of town map engravings, produced between 1572 and 1617.

Featuring plans, bird’s-eye views, and maps for all major cities in Europe, plus important urban centers in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, this masterwork in urban mapping gives us a comprehensive view of city life at the turn of the 17th century. It was edited and annotated by theologian and publisher Georg Braun and largely engraved by Franz Hogenberg, but also involved over a hundred different artists and cartographers who contributed not only town views, but additional elements, such as figures in local dress, courtroom scenes, and topographical details, to help convey the situation, commercial power, and political influence of each city.

TASCHEN’s reprint contextualizes the plates with selected extracts from Braun’s original texts on the history and significance of each urban center as well as detailed commentaries to place each city map in its cartographical and cultural context.

ISBN:
9783836569026
9783836569026
Category:
Geographical reference
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
28-10-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Taschen
Country of origin:
Germany
Dimensions (mm):
356x257x53mm
Weight:
3.77kg
Stephan Füssel

Stephan Füssel is director of the Institute for Book Sciences at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, and holder of the Gutenberg Chair at the same university.

He has published prolifically on the early days of printing, the sale and publication of books between the 18th and 20th centuries, and the future of communications.  

Rem Koolhaas

Rem Koolhaas is a co-founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. Having worked as a journalist and script writer before becoming an architect, in 1978 he published Delirious New York.

In 1995, his book S,M,L,XL summarized the work of OMA and established connections of contemporary society and architecture. Amongst many international awards and exhibitions he received the Pritzker Prize (2000) and the Praemium Imperiale (2003).

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