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Raccolta di le piu illustri et famose citta di tutto il mondo

Valesio, Francesco, b. ca. 1560, Rota, Martin, 1520-1583, Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622. Civitates orbis terrarum · 1599 · [Venice : s.n.] · 31 pictures

A 1599 Venetian collection of city views, an Italian edition of the Civitates orbis terrarum compiled from Georg Braun's atlas with engravings by Francesco Valesio and Martin Rota. Each plate shows a walled town or port as a bird's-eye plan with tiny buildings, fortifications, rivers and shipping, useful for designers seeking Renaissance map-style city layouts and dense engraved texture.

Cities and towns · Cities and towns, Renaissance

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