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082	1		_aREF 912.094 SWI _2
100	1		_aSwift, Michael
240	1	0	_aToller Cranston Collection
245	1	0	_aCities of the renaissance world _b: maps from the Civitates orbis terrarum _c/ Michael Swift and Angus Konstam
260			_aEdison, NJ _b: Chartwell Books, Inc. _c, 2008
300			_a224 p. _b: illus. _c; 43 cm
520			_aThe first volume of the Civitates Orbis Terrarum was published in Cologne in 1572. This great city atlas, edited by Georg Braun and largely engraved by Franz Hogenberg, eventually contained 546 images - bird's-eye views and maps of cities from all over the world. Braun, a cleric who lived in Cologne, was assisted in his project by Abraham Ortelius, whose Theatrum Orbis Terrarum of 1570 was the first true atlas. For the modern reader the images reproduced in Cities of the Renaissance World provide a remarkable view of the period from Cuzco in South America to Calcutta in India. With some 70 cities illustrated, Cities of the Renaissance World interprets what can be seen in the 16th century maps, how that differs from today's cities, and analyses the other information - from costumes to heraldry - that each of the maps shows
546			_aEnglish
650		4	_aCities and towns _x-Renaissance _z-Europe _x-Maps _y-Early works to 1800
650		4	_aCities and towns _x-Renaissance _z-Europe _x-Aerial views _y-Early works to 1800
700	1		_aKonstam, Angus
942			_cMO
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