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Nonsuch Palace at Hampton Court, by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg. 1617

TRANSLATION OF CAPTION:  The Royal palace in the Kingdom of England, called Nonsuch. Nowhere is there anything the like. 
 
COMMENTARY BY BRAUN:  "The royal palace in England Nonsuch, ten miles away from London, was magnificently built by Henry VIII. [...] The construction of this complex is so astonishing that it deserves its name Nonsuch, i.e. "none the like". [...] Many excellent craftsmen, master builders, stonecutters and sculptors, Italians, French, Dutch and English, were employed here at the King's expense. In their decoration of the palace, which is adorned inside and out with handsome sculptures, these craftsmen have created a particular work of art that not just equals the antiquities of Rome, but in part even surpasses them."
 
The engraving shows the front façade of Nonsuch Palace as viewed from the south. Commenced in 1538, the palace numbered amongst Henry VIII's grandest building projects and played an important role in introducing Renaissance architecture in England. The Tudor king has Nonsuch built in the County of Surrey, close to one of his favourite hunting grounds; accordingly, a hunting scene can be made out on the hillside behind the palace. The palace was the favourite residence of Elizabeth I; she can be seen in the engraving in a splendid carriage accompanied by a large retinue. In 1670 Charles II gave Nonsuch to his mistress, Barbara Palmer. In 1682, with the king's permission, she had the palace demolished and sold off the building materials in order to settle her gambling debts. The lower illustration shows costumed figures from the English nobility and peasantry (from left to right:) English maiden / Merchant's wives / English noblewomen / Noble lady-in-waiting / English peasant woman / The bass that are sold by the English / Water-carier. (Taschen)

Braun G. & Hogenberg F. and the Civitates Orbis Terrarum.

The Civitates Orbis Terrarum, or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volume town atlas and the greatest book of town views and plans ever published: 363 engravings, sometimes beautifully coloured. It was one of the best-selling works in the last quarter of the 16th century. Georg Braun wrote the text accompanying the plans and views on the verso. Many of the plates were engraved after the original drawings of Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1600), a professional artist. The first volume was published in Latin in 1572 and the sixth in 1617. Frans Hogenberg created the tables for volumes I through IV, and Simon van den Neuwel made those for volumes V and VI. Other contributors were cartographers Daniel Freese and Heinrich Rantzau. Works by Jacob van Deventer, Sebastian Münster, and Johannes Stumpf were also used. Translations appeared in German and French.

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 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.

Several printers were involved: Theodor Graminaeus, Heinrich von Aich, Gottfried von Kempen, Johannis Sinniger, Bertram Buchholtz and Peter von Brachel, who all worked in Cologne.

Georg Braun (1541-1622)

Georg Braun was born in Cologne in 1541. After his studies in Cologne, he entered the Jesuit Order as a novice. In 1561, he obtained his bachelor's degree and in 1562 his Magister Artium. Although he left the Jesuit Order, he studied theology, gaining a licentiate in theology.

Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590)

Frans Hogenberg was a Flemish and German painter, engraver, and mapmaker. He was born in Mechelen as the son of Nicolaas Hogenberg.

By the end of the 1560s, Frans Hogenberg was employed upon Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, published in 1570; he is named an engraver of numerous maps. In 1568, he was banned from Antwerp by the Duke of Alva and travelled to London, where he stayed a few years before emigrating to Cologne. He immediately embarked on his two most important works, the Civitates, published in 1572 and the Geschichtsblätter, which appeared in several series from 1569 until about 1587.

Thanks to large-scale projects like the Geschichtsblätter and the Civitates, Hogenberg's social circumstances improved with each passing year. He died as a wealthy man in Cologne in 1590.

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Palatium Regium in Angliae Regno Appelatum Nonciutz.

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Old, antique bird’s-eye view plan of Nonsuch Palace at Hampton Court, by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg.

Title: Palatium Regium in Angliae Regno Appelatum Nonciutz.

Date of the first edition: 1596.
Date of this map: 1617.

Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 320 x 430mm (12.6 x 16.93 inches).
Verso: Latin text.
Condition: Original coloured, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.

From: G. Braun & F. Hogenberg. Civitates Orbis Terrarum. - Urbium Praecipuarum Mundi Theatrum Quintum. Cologne, Petrus von Brachel, 1617. (Van der Krogt 41:1.5 (1617)).

TRANSLATION OF CAPTION:  The Royal palace in the Kingdom of England, called Nonsuch. Nowhere is there anything the like. 
 
COMMENTARY BY BRAUN:  "The royal palace in England Nonsuch, ten miles away from London, was magnificently built by Henry VIII. [...] The construction of this complex is so astonishing that it deserves its name Nonsuch, i.e. "none the like". [...] Many excellent craftsmen, master builders, stonecutters and sculptors, Italians, French, Dutch and English, were employed here at the King's expense. In their decoration of the palace, which is adorned inside and out with handsome sculptures, these craftsmen have created a particular work of art that not just equals the antiquities of Rome, but in part even surpasses them."
 
The engraving shows the front façade of Nonsuch Palace as viewed from the south. Commenced in 1538, the palace numbered amongst Henry VIII's grandest building projects and played an important role in introducing Renaissance architecture in England. The Tudor king has Nonsuch built in the County of Surrey, close to one of his favourite hunting grounds; accordingly, a hunting scene can be made out on the hillside behind the palace. The palace was the favourite residence of Elizabeth I; she can be seen in the engraving in a splendid carriage accompanied by a large retinue. In 1670 Charles II gave Nonsuch to his mistress, Barbara Palmer. In 1682, with the king's permission, she had the palace demolished and sold off the building materials in order to settle her gambling debts. The lower illustration shows costumed figures from the English nobility and peasantry (from left to right:) English maiden / Merchant's wives / English noblewomen / Noble lady-in-waiting / English peasant woman / The bass that are sold by the English / Water-carier. (Taschen)

Braun G. & Hogenberg F. and the Civitates Orbis Terrarum.

The Civitates Orbis Terrarum, or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volume town atlas and the greatest book of town views and plans ever published: 363 engravings, sometimes beautifully coloured. It was one of the best-selling works in the last quarter of the 16th century. Georg Braun wrote the text accompanying the plans and views on the verso. Many of the plates were engraved after the original drawings of Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1600), a professional artist. The first volume was published in Latin in 1572 and the sixth in 1617. Frans Hogenberg created the tables for volumes I through IV, and Simon van den Neuwel made those for volumes V and VI. Other contributors were cartographers Daniel Freese and Heinrich Rantzau. Works by Jacob van Deventer, Sebastian Münster, and Johannes Stumpf were also used. Translations appeared in German and French.

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 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.

Several printers were involved: Theodor Graminaeus, Heinrich von Aich, Gottfried von Kempen, Johannis Sinniger, Bertram Buchholtz and Peter von Brachel, who all worked in Cologne.

Georg Braun (1541-1622)

Georg Braun was born in Cologne in 1541. After his studies in Cologne, he entered the Jesuit Order as a novice. In 1561, he obtained his bachelor's degree and in 1562 his Magister Artium. Although he left the Jesuit Order, he studied theology, gaining a licentiate in theology.

Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590)

Frans Hogenberg was a Flemish and German painter, engraver, and mapmaker. He was born in Mechelen as the son of Nicolaas Hogenberg.

By the end of the 1560s, Frans Hogenberg was employed upon Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, published in 1570; he is named an engraver of numerous maps. In 1568, he was banned from Antwerp by the Duke of Alva and travelled to London, where he stayed a few years before emigrating to Cologne. He immediately embarked on his two most important works, the Civitates, published in 1572 and the Geschichtsblätter, which appeared in several series from 1569 until about 1587.

Thanks to large-scale projects like the Geschichtsblätter and the Civitates, Hogenberg's social circumstances improved with each passing year. He died as a wealthy man in Cologne in 1590.

References: Van der Krogt 4 - 3105; Taschen (Br. Hog.) - p.366; Fauser - #5425