• Hardcover: 504 pages
• Publisher: TASCHEN; Annotated edition edition (October 6, 2017)
• Language: English
• ISBN-13: 978-3836569026
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 2.1 x 14 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.6 pounds

城市地图绘制的标志性著作

这部于4个多世纪前首次出版的著作是城市制图学和城市研究的瑰宝。这本高品质的再版包括来自《世界城镇图集》（收集了1572年到1617年间制作的城镇地图版画）的多张最迷人的彩色插图。

这部城市地图绘制的杰作汇集了欧洲所有重要城市的规划图、鸟瞰图和地图，还包含了亚洲、非洲和拉丁美洲重要的城市中心，让我们全面可以全面了解17世纪初的城市生活。这本书由神学家兼出版人Georg Braun编辑和注解，大部分版画由Franz Hogenberg创作。本书还汇聚了100多位艺术家和制图师的努力，他们不仅贡献了城镇景观，还增加了别的元素，如身着本地服饰的人物、法庭场景以及地形上的细节，这些元素有助于表现每一个城市的情景、商业力量和政治影响。

A landmark in urban mapping
More than four centuries on from its first publication, discover one of the jewels of urban cartography and civic studies. This quality reprint includes the most enchanting color plates from the Civitates orbis terrarum, a magnificent collection of town map engravings, produced between 1572 and 1617.
Featuring plans, bird’s-eye views, and maps for all major cities in Europe, plus important urban centers in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, this masterwork in urban mapping gives us a comprehensive view of city life at the turn of the 17th century. It was edited and annotated by theologian and publisher Georg Braun and largely engraved by Franz Hogenberg, but also involved over a hundred different artists and cartographers who contributed not only town views, but additional elements, such as figures in local dress, courtroom scenes, and topographical details, to help convey the situation, commercial power, and political influence of each city.
TASCHEN’s reprint contextualizes the plates with selected extracts from Braun’s original texts on the history and significance of each urban center as well as detailed commentaries to place each city map in its cartographical and cultural context.