Corfu, Antique Map from "Civitates Orbis Terrarum"

Braun G. and Hogenberg F. ,  Corfu , from the collection  Civitates Orbis Terrarum , Cologne, T. Graminaeus, 1572-1617. Image dimensions: cm 19 x 48; dimensions: cm 40 x 70.

Very lovely B/W aquatint  showing a view of the city of   Corfu, located on the homonymous Greek island . Very good conditions, with a light stain at the bottom.

The 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.