Parvvm Theatrvm Vrbivm siue Vrbivm Præcipvarvm Totivs Orbis Brevis & methodica Descriptio
A 1608 Latin town-view atlas, the Parvum Theatrum Urbium, compiled by Adriaan van Roomen and printed by Wolfgang Richter's Frankfurt press for scholars and travellers wanting a compact survey of European cities. Each page pairs a woodcut city panorama with a short Latin description, with Lübeck, Leipzig and Wiener Neustadt shown here. The views are small, dense skylines of towers, walls, rivers and roofs, useful to a designer for compact city silhouettes, early map-like perspective and period typography.
