Christie’s roundel
Lot 153

MERIAN, Matthaeus (1593-1650) and Martin ZEILER (1589-1661). Topographia Electorat Brandenburgici et Ducatus Pomeraniae. Frankfurt: Matthaeus Merian's heirs, n.d. [but 1703]. 3 parts in 1 vol., 4° (334 x 202mm). Engraved title, 58 engraved views, maps and plans, some folding. (A few plates just touched by the knife.) Contemporary sheep, spines gilt, edges sprinkled red (rubbed, some surface loss). Provenance: Julius Hoerle (title signature).

Closed15 October 2009

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MERIAN, Matthaeus (1593-1650) and Martin ZEILER (1589-1661). Topographia Electorat Brandenburgici et Ducatus Pomeraniae. Frankfurt: Matthaeus Merian's heirs, n.d. [but 1703]. 3 parts in 1 vol., 4° (334 x 202mm). Engraved title, 58 engraved views, maps and plans, some folding. (A few plates just touched by the knife.) Contemporary sheep, spines gilt, edges sprinkled red (rubbed, some surface loss). Provenance: Julius Hoerle (title signature).

The third edition. With fine views of Stetin, Stralsund, Berlin, Gdansk, and others. This copy includes all the engravings called for in the printed list, although copies are known with a larger complement of plates. Brunet 1529; Graesse VII 509; Wüthrich IV, 59.