Munchen, Antique Map from "Civitates Orbis Terrarum"

Wonderful black and white  aquatint  showing an a ntique view of Munchen , capital of Bavaria.

From the collection by Braun G. and Hogenberg F., " Civitates Orbis Terrarum ", Cologne, T. Graminaeus, 1572-1617. Image dimensions: 10 x 24 cm; dimensions: 14 x 28 cm. Good conditions except for a very visible stain on the top left margin, and an  eroded left margin.

The “ Civitates Orbis Terrarum ” ( Atlas of Cities of the World ) was the second oldest printed atlas in the history of world cartography and the first atlas totally dedicated to topographical views . The first volume of this collection was published in Cologne in 1572; the others in 1575, 1581, 1588, and 1598. The sixth and final volume appeared in 1617, just before the extensive devastation wreaked by the Thirty Years’ War.