Imprint from colophon on verso of map 58, after the privilege by king Philip of Spain dated November 22, 1574 (text in Dutch)

Imperial privilege of Maximilian II on verso of t.p.: Anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo septuagesimo secundo, i.e. 1572

George Braun's preface to the reader is dated Coloniae Agrippinae M.D. LXXII

Explanatory text by Georg Braun printed on recto of each plate; engravings by Franciscus Hogenberg and Simon Novellanus

Signatures: A-F² *-6*²; the first, unnumbered plate has signature A

The first of six pts. published between 1572 and 1617; only the 1st pt. has the title Civitates orbis terrarum; See Koeman, who seems not to list this ed. under Latin text, pt. I

Title in engraved architectural border with figures of Minerva and Hercules on either side

Includes index on final [24] p

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675

Koeman, C. Atlantes neerlandici

Sabin

Alden, J.E. European Americana

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