Cairus Quae Olim Babylon Aegypt Maxima Urbs

Rare, c.16th hand coloured view of Cairo from the most famous of all series of town views ever made.

French text on verso.

From: Braun & Hogenberg, Civitates orbis terrarum. Cologne

Following the original publication of Volume 1 of the Civitates in 1572, seven further editions of 1575, 1577, 1582, 1588, 1593, 1599 and 1612 can be identified. Vol.2, first issued in 1575, was followed by further editions in 1597 and in 1612. The next volumes appeared in 1581, 1588, 1593, 1599 and 1606. The German translation of the first volume appeared from 1574 on, and the French edition from 1575 on.

References:
Kroght, P. Koeman’s Atlantes Neerlandici. Amsterdam 1997. Nine volumes. : VI-2 4539
Fauser, Alois, Repertorium älterer Topographie. Druckgraphik von 1486 bis 1750. Weisbaden, 1978: 14516

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 3417308
Library of Congress Washington D.C.: G1028 .B7 1612
British Library London: C.29.e.1