Oxonivm nobile Anglie oppidum, Septentrionalem Tamesis ripam elegantißimo atque salubri situ illustrat [and] Vindesorivm celeberrimum Anglie castrum locus amoenißimus: ædificia magnifica: Artificiosa Regum sepulchra

Subject

Oxford, Windsor, England, Britain

Date

1593 (historical)

Mapmaker

Hoefnagle, George

Publisher

[Braun, George, and Frans Hogenberg]

Place of Publication

[Cologne]

Accession Number

1982.077.124

Alternate number

Seiferth Collection

Condition

Fair. Surface staining, foxing.

Curatorial Notes

Nicely colored. More of a visual of the towns rather than a map. See Phillips, Vol. 3, #3292, p. 22.

Market Value

1982 appraisal, $1,100.00

Notes

Plate 2, Vol. 2, from Braun and Hogenberg's "Civitates Orbis Terrarum." Oxford view depicts two scholars, shepherd tending his flock; Windsor view depicts noble men and women walking in the countryside accompanied by guards, a fox hunt, and a shepherd and his flock.

Size

7 x 19

Storage

c02d02