Braun & Hogenberg’s Plan of Autun with Nevers Date of Publication_1749 light toning where previously mounted

light toning where previously mounted and framed

1753 and 1772

published in various editions c

somewhat rubbed and worn

Bees issuing from a German hive represent the scions of the nobility

Braun & Hogenberg’s Plan of Autun with Nevers Date of Publication_1749 light toning where previously mountedThis map includes French town plans after Belleforest on one sheet: Autun in Burgundy and Nevers in Bourgogne. They are from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, one of the most significant cartographic works of the late sixteenth century, printed over 45 year period between 1572 and 1617. It was the first systematic city atlas (containing the first accurate surveys of many towns) and was inspired in part by the scope of Abraham Ortelius Theatrum Orbis