Braun (Georg) and Hogenberg (Franz) Oxonium Nobile Anglie Oppidum Septenrionalem

Braun (Georg) and Hogenberg (Franz) after Joris Hoefnagel Oxonium Nobile Anglie Oppidum Septenrionalem, Vindesorium Celeberrimum Anglia, double-page engraved sheet of two decorative views from 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', Panorama views of Oxford and Windsor, hand-coloured, n.d. [1570], 50cm x 40cm, framed

Between 1572 and 1617 Georg Braun (1541-1622) and Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590) published six volumes, containing about 530 maps of mostly European cities. Georg Braun was the editor of this series, and Frans Hogenberg was the most important engraver. They relied mainly on existing maps, but also on maps made by drawings made by the Antwerp artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1600), who had travelled through most of Western Europe. After Joris Hoefnagel's death his son Jakob continued the work for the Civitates.