292 - Saur, A. Place Book: Or a detailed description of the most important places, squares, and fortresses, mostly in Europe, also partly in other parts of the whole world, compiled from many proven old and new writers... Written and continued by H.-A. Authes. Frankfurt, Bayer, Ammon & Serlin, 1658. 3 leaves, 962 (recte 964), 138, 112, 72, 38, 100, 88, 136, 198, 24 pages. With 67 woodcuts of city views. Contemporary parchment binding with handwritten title on spine (rubbed, spine brittle).

Saur, A. Place Book: Or a detailed description of the most important places, squares, and fortresses, mostly in Europe, also partly in other parts of the whole world, compiled from many proven old and new writers... Written and continued by H.-A. Authes. Frankfurt, Bayer, Ammon & Serlin, 1658. 3 leaves, 962 (recte 964), 138, 112, 72, 38, 100, 88, 136, 198, 24 pages. With 67 woodcuts of city views. Contemporary parchment binding with handwritten title on spine (rubbed, spine brittle). VD 17, 23:230448E; Bachmann, Cityscapes, page 14. - Last and most comprehensive edition of the esteemed city book, first published in 1581, containing precise, often historical descriptions of German and European cities. Includes views of Aachen, Augsburg, Basel, Braunschweig, Bremen, Breslau, Brussels, Dresden, Frankfurt, Geneva, Genoa, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Jerusalem, Cologne, Constantinople, Königsberg, Lisbon, London, Lübeck, Magdeburg, Munich, Paris, Prague, Riga, Rome, Venice, Vienna, and others. - Without the copperplate title. - Some brown spots and discoloration, some light (and sometimes more pronounced) damp staining at the edges, but still a decent copy.