Utrecht, Antique Map from "Civitates Orbis Terrarum"

Braun G., Hogenberg F. , Traiectum or Utrecht , from the collection Civitates Orbis Terrarum , Cologne, T. Graminaeus, 1572-1617.

Very fine B/W aquatint showing a view of Utrecht , with the most important monuments of the city and some everyday life scenes . Upper-class figures are highlighted in typical local costumes. At the top, the coats of arms of the city. Good conditions, with some stains on the upper left and right margins, with usual medial fold.

Civitates Orbis Terrarum  ( Atlas of the 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 following 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.