Braun & Hogenberg, [Mexico City, Mexico & Cusco, Peru] bayer_11_17 What remains remarkable about Redouté’s

What remains remarkable about Redouté’s watercolors for Les Liliacées is that they have remained clean and fresh

To accomplish this

That did not mean they were not high quality maps

which was at the time a notable center both for cartography and for illumination

Braun & Hogenberg, [Mexico City, Mexico & Cusco, Peru] bayer_11_17 What remains remarkable about Redouté’sBRAUN, Georg (1541 1622) & HOGENBERG, Frans (1535 1590). [Mexico City, Mexico & Cusco, Peru] Mexico, Regia et Celebris Hispaniae Novae Civitas[With] Cusco, Regni Peru in Novo Orbe Caput. Engraved map with original hand color. From Civitas Orbis Terrarum, Cologne, c. 1588. 16" x 21 1 8" sheet. An attractive example of Braun & Hogenberg's views of Mexico City and Cusco, among the earliest printed views of any American city. Published in Bruan and