Topographia Bavariae das ist Beschreibung und Aigentliche Abbildung der vornembsten Stätt und Orth, in Ober und Niederbeyern, der OberPfaltz,?

Merian Matthäus ( 1593 - 1650 ) Frankfurt a.M.

Published by Artist: Merian Matthäus ( - 1650 ) Frankfurt aM issued in: Frankfurt on Main; - Matthäus Merian (1593 ? 1650) born in Basel learned the art of copperplate engraving in Zurich and subsequently worked and studied in Strasbourg Nancy and Paris before returning to Basel in 1615 The following year he moved to Frankfurt Germany where he worked for the publisher Johann Theodor de Bry He married his daughter Maria Magdalena 1617 In 1620 they moved back to Basel only to return three years later to Frankfurt where Merian took over the publishing house of his father-in-law after de Bry's death in 1623 In 1626 he became a citizen of Frankfurt and could henceforth work as an independent publisher He is the father of Maria Sibylla Merian who later publis, 1593

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Binding in calfskin, size (in cm): 32 x 21 cm cm; - Topographia Bavariae das ist Beschreib- und Aigentliche Abbildung der Vornembsten Stätt und Orth, in Ober und Nieder Beyern, der Obern Pfaltz, Und andern, Zum Hochlöblichen Bayrischen Craiße gehörigen, Landschafften. Book describes the cities and the state of Bavaria on 84 pages. With subsequent index (6 pages) plus an appendix for the Topographia Bavaria of 1644, Merian Erben, 1656 on 49 pages and index (6 pages). No engraved views included, only the volume with the descriptions of the engraved views. Seller Inventory # B0302_500

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Title: Topographia Bavariae das ist Beschreibung ...
Publisher: Artist: Merian Matthäus ( - 1650 ) Frankfurt aM issued in: Frankfurt on Main; - Matthäus Merian (1593 ? 1650) born in Basel learned the art of copperplate engraving in Zurich and subsequently worked and studied in Strasbourg Nancy and Paris before returning to Basel in 1615 The following year he moved to Frankfurt Germany where he worked for the publisher Johann Theodor de Bry He married his daughter Maria Magdalena 1617 In 1620 they moved back to Basel only to return three years later to Frankfurt where Merian took over the publishing house of his father-in-law after de Bry's death in 1623 In 1626 he became a citizen of Frankfurt and could henceforth work as an independent publisher He is the father of Maria Sibylla Merian who later publis
Publication Date: 1593