MERIAN, Matthaeus (1593-1650) and Martin ZEILLER (1589-1661). Topographia Superioris Saxoniae, Thuringiae, Misniae, Lusatiae, etc. Frankfurt: Matthaeus Merian, 1650. [Bound with:] – Topographia Saxoniae Inferioris. Frankfurt: Mattheus Merian, 1653.
2 volumes in one, 4° (335 x 210mm). Superior: engraved title, and 86 (of 87) views, maps and plans, on 61 engraved plates (of 62, lacking view 82: the gardens at Weimar); Inferior: engraved title, and 57 engraved views, maps and plans, on 40 engraved plates. (Occasional light browning, occasional short marginal tears some with early repairs.) Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, brass clasps and catches, spine with raised bands, compartments ruled and tooled in gilt, later red and green lettering pieces, edges green (some soiling). Provenance: Franciscus Pancratius Maÿ (17th-century title signature) – Johann Hegner (hand-coloured bookplate) – Bernhard von der Becke (d.1852; title stamp) – Saxon State and University Library Dresden (deaccession stamp).
FIRST EDITIONS. With fine views of Dresden, Gotha, Meissen, Weimar, Hamburg, Bremen, Lubeck and others. Wüthrich IV, 55 and 60.
MERIAN, Matthaeus (1593-1650) and Martin ZEILLER (1589-1661). Topographia Superioris Saxoniae, Thuringiae, Misniae, Lusatiae, etc. Frankfurt: Matthaeus Merian, 1650. [Bound with:] – Topographia Saxoniae Inferioris. Frankfurt: Mattheus Merian, 1653.
2 volumes in one, 4° (335 x 210mm). Superior: engraved title, and 86 (of 87) views, maps and plans, on 61 engraved plates (of 62, lacking view 82: the gardens at Weimar); Inferior: engraved title, and 57 engraved views, maps and plans, on 40 engraved plates. (Occasional light browning, occasional short marginal tears some with early repairs.) Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, brass clasps and catches, spine with raised bands, compartments ruled and tooled in gilt, later red and green lettering pieces, edges green (some soiling). Provenance: Franciscus Pancratius Maÿ (17th-century title signature) – Johann Hegner (hand-coloured bookplate) – Bernhard von der Becke (d.1852; title stamp) – Saxon State and University Library Dresden (deaccession stamp).
FIRST EDITIONS. With fine views of Dresden, Gotha, Meissen, Weimar, Hamburg, Bremen, Lubeck and others. Wüthrich IV, 55 and 60.
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