Live Auction 5809Travel, Science & Natural History
Christie’s roundel
Lot 157

MERIAN, Matthaeus (1593-1650) and Martin ZEILER (1589-1661). Topographia Braunschweig und Lüneburg. Frankfurt: Matthaeus Merian's heirs, 1654 (but c.1660). 1 vol., 4° (330 x 203mm). Engraved title, 2 double-page tables and 135 engraved views, maps and plans, some folding. (A very few plates shaved by the knife.) Contemporary sheep, spine gilt, edges sprinkled red (rubbed, some surface loss, front joint starting). Provenance: Julius Hoerle (title signature).

Closed15 October 2009

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GBP 2,750

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MERIAN, Matthaeus (1593-1650) and Martin ZEILER (1589-1661). Topographia Braunschweig und Lüneburg. Frankfurt: Matthaeus Merian's heirs, 1654 (but c.1660). 1 vol., 4° (330 x 203mm). Engraved title, 2 double-page tables and 135 engraved views, maps and plans, some folding. (A very few plates shaved by the knife.) Contemporary sheep, spine gilt, edges sprinkled red (rubbed, some surface loss, front joint starting). Provenance: Julius Hoerle (title signature).
The second edition. With fine views of Braunschweig, Osteroda, Lübeburg, Wolfenbüttel, Zell, and others. Brunet 1529; Graesse VII 509; Wüthrich IV, 64.