Matthaeus Merian Elder (16 results)
Language: English
Published by Dover Publications 2002
Series: Dover Pictorial Archive, Book 233 of 270. Book 233 of 270 - Dover Pictorial Archive
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Language: English
Published by Johann Krebs, Cologne (Koln), Germany 1631
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Present: engraved title + 128 plates (single-sided; versos blank). One plate is duplicated (the Sacrifice of Isaac scene appears twice). Accordingly, one subject from the standard 128-plate suite is absent—a not-uncommon issue in s…urviving plate suites, where plates may have been gathered or replaced at some point in the book's history. (The missing subject can be identified definitively by matching the plates to a reference suite such as VD17.) Later patterned-paper boards with printed/handwritten label; rubbing and edgewear, with bumps/scuffs consistent with age and handling. Internally generally clean and well-contrasted for the period, with scattered toning/foxing and occasional light handling marks. Margins with minor wear. Prior-owner pencil numbering and a bibliographic note on the front pastedown/blank. 1631 Köln: Johann von Kreps , Oblong ICONES BIBLICAE PRAECIPUAS SACRAE SCRIPTURAE Historias eleganter et graphicae repraesentantes = Biblische Figuren; darinnen die fu?rnembsten Historien in Heiliger Go?ttliger Schrifft begriffen…(Biblical Icons Elegantly and Graphically Representing the Main Stories of the Holy Scriptures…) By after Matthäus Merian the Elder Author Bio: Matthäus Merian der Ältere (or "Matthew", "the Elder", or "Sr."; 22 September 1593 - 19 June 1650) was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt, Germany for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house. He was a member of the patrician Basel Merian family. Synopsis: Cologne (Köln) / Johann Krebs issue, 1631 (first Kreps issue). A compact, image-led Bible in copper: 128 finely etched scenes spanning the principal narratives of Scripture, issued here as an oblong picture-book with an engraved title. A Cologne imprint closely related to the widely-collected "Icones Biblicae" suites associated with the Merian tradition (the series also appears in later expanded and reordered states). A striking early 17th-century suite of biblical imagery—small, dramatic "stage-sets" of sacred history rendered with the lively line and atmospheric hatching typical of German Baroque book-illustration. The plates function as a visual concordance: creation and patriarchal scenes, prophetic and royal narratives, the life of Christ, and emblematic moments of judgement and revelation, each designed to be read quickly as a devotional prompt or teaching aid. This kind of compact iconographic "core set" is notably desirable to collectors because it sits at the intersection of: print-history (a portable, coherent suite of copperplates), devotional culture (pictures meant to be "read" without text), collector appeal (the plates also circulate independently in museum and printroom collections). Binding: Hardcover, Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 in 178 × 279 mm ) Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary. Collation: pp. 129 Language: German/Latin Published By: Johann Krebs, Cologne (Koln), Germany Condition Report: Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Good - Present: engraved title + 128 plates (single-sided; versos blank). One plate is duplicated (the Sacrifice of Isaac scene appears twice). Accordingly, one subject from the standard 128-plate suite is absent—a not-uncommon issue in surviving plate suites, where plates may have been gathered or replaced at some point in the book's history. (The missing subject can be identified definitively by matching the plates to a reference suite such as VD17.) Later patterned-paper boards with printed/handwritten label; rubbing and edgewear, with bumps/scuffs consistent with age and handling. Internally generally clean and well-contrasted for the period, with scattered toning/foxing and occasional light handling marks. Margins with minor wear. Prior-owner pencil numbering and a bibliographic note on the front pastedown/blank. SKU: BTETM0002700 Shipping Info: Appr.
Hollstein, German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700, Vol XXVI A. Merian the Elder, Matthaeus (continued) to Matthaeus Merian the Younger. - Editor T. Falk. Compiled R. Zijlma.
Merian the Elder, Matthaeus (continued) to Matthaeus Merian the Younger. - Hollstein, F. W. H.
Published by Roosendal Koninkijke van Poll 1990
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Add to basket27 x 20 cm. 216 Seiten. Mit ca. 150 Abbildungen. Orig.-Leinenband mit Schutzumschlag. - Sehr schönes Exemplar.
Hollstein s German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts ca. 1400-1700, Vol. XXV. Mayr, Johan Ulrich to Matthaeus Merian the Elder. - Editor T. Falk. Compiled by R. Zijlma.
Mayr, Johan Ulrich to Matthaeus Merian the Elder. - Hollstein, F. W. H.
Published by Roosendaal, Koninkljke van Pool. 1989
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Add to basket27 x 20 cm. 216 Seiten. Mit ca. 200 Abbildungen. Orig.-Leinenband mit Schutzumschlag . - Sehr guter Zustand.
More imagesP. OVIDII NASONIS METAMORPHOSEON PLEARUMQUE HISTORICA NATURALIS MORALIS EKPHRASIS
Ovid [Author]; Abelin, Johann Philipp [Author]; Matthaeus Merian the Elder [Engraver]
Published by De Bry [1619], Frankfurt, Germany 1619
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Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Octavo, cuius, 350 pages. In Poor condition. Spine torn open with stitched exposed, formerly repaired with non-archival tape, which has since hardened and is severely flaking. Front board mostly detached. Extremely fragile. Missing title page. Severe worming to lower exterior corner through page ten, open tear from pa…ge mus through page III.P. Notable soiling throughout. Occasional graphite and ink annotations. Text in Latin. RW consignment. Shelved in Room A. OCLC: 258125024. 1404548. Special Collections.
More images[Icones Biblicae praecipuas Sacrae Scripturae historias eleganter [et] graphicè repraesentantes [AND:] Noui Testamenti D.N. Iesu Christi praecipuae historiae et visiones, picturis elegantissimis in aes incisis, repraesentatae] VERY RARE SUITE "BEFORE LETTER" OF MERIAN'S BILDERBIBEL, THE MOST CELEBRATED ENGRAVED BIBLICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE 17th CENTURY]
(Bible: Bilderbibel; Illustration). Merian, Matthaeus, the Elder (engr.)
Published by [Matthaeus Merian], [Frankfurt] 1627
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- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very good. First edition. Oblong folio (leaves: 20.6 by 31.2 cm; plates: 10 to 11.5 by 14.5 to 15.5 cm). Engraved titlepage borders without letterpress; 231 (of 233) engraved plates printed on the rectos with no printed text, depicting biblical scenes from the Old and New Testaments (lacks Gen. XIX: Lot and… his daughters after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah; Exod. VIII & IX: The plague of frogs). Recent marbled calf (lightly rubbed at extremities), bordered in blind; gilt-tooled spine with raised bands, gilt lettering pieces. Occasional light stains and smudges (especially at the outermost leaves, and almost entirely restricted to the blank margins); old, mostly marginal repairs and reinforcement of tears to about 30 leaves (Matt. IV plate with loss of about 10 words of manuscript text). Protected by wide margins, the plates are clean, fresh and bright, with relatively few minor blemishes. Housed and protected in a custom luxurious modern leather clamshell box. Rare suite of biblical illustrations printed before letter, perhaps as proofs, comprising 231 (of 233) engraved plates from the Icones Biblicae of Matthaeus Merian, the elder (1593-1650). The engravings are printed on large paper and lack any printed text. They are preceded by a leaf of the engraved title borders to the first part, in which the central cartouche which would have contained a letterpress title and imprint is here blank. Neat manuscript annotations appear throughout: atop each engraving is a brief title, along with a notation of the biblical book and chapter(s); beneath each engraving are six-lines of rhyming verse in German; at the top corners are leaf numbers in Arabic numerals. All are penned in black ink in the same old cursive German hand. The engraved title leaf is not included in the manuscript foliation. The first three leaf numbers (and several others among the first 23 leaves) are obscured by wear or later marginal repairs. The foliation ends at leaf 233, and is discontinuous where one would expect to find numbers 15 and 38, corresponding to the missing plates noted above. As noted by Wütrich, only four of the 233 plates are signed by Merian, all in the New Testament series. Each of these signed plates appears in our suite: Matthaei I. - page 7; Johannis VIII. - page 65; Matthaei XXVII. - page 101; Apocalyps. IX. - page 145 (header titles and page numbers from the first edition). The first editions were published at Frankfurt in four parts between 1625 and 1627. The Pentateuch series was published in 1625. The second part, illustrating the Old Testament books from Joshua to Kings, appeared in 1626. These first two series were published under the name of Merian's father-in-law, the printer and bookseller Johann Theodor de Bry (1561-1623), whose heirs retained title to the business. The third part illustrates the remainder of the Old Testament and Apocrypha; the fourth, the New Testament. These last two parts were published in 1627 under the engravers's own name. Verses in Latin, German, and French accompany each plate in the three Old Testament series, the French verses being omitted in the 1627 New Testament series. While the eminent Swiss draughtsman and engraver Matthaeus Merian is best known for his topographical depictions of the German speaking lands which appeared in the Theatrum Europaeum, his novel selection of biblical stories and innovative stylistic approach revealed in the present series of plates proved highly influential, ushering in a new age of copperplate engraving in Bible illustration. Merian broke with the century-long tradition of woodcuts, which had accompanied countless editions of Luther's German Bible. Even as he drew on the Bible illustrations of Jost Amman, Hans Holbein, Virgil Solis, and Tobias Stimmer, Merian greatly expanded the traditional iconographic and compositional repertoire. The Old Testament alone contains 23 prints depicting stories that had never before been the subject of an engraver. While earlier New Testament woodcuts fo. Matthaeus Merian (illustrator).
More imagesJoh. Lud. Gotfridi. Historische Chronyck, Vervattende De Gedenkwaardighste Geschiedenissen voorgevallen van 't begin des Werelts tot op 't Jaar 1660. En dat Na de verdeelingh der vier Monarchien, en by-gevoeghde Jaar-Reekeningh in goede schikkingh gebracht, en in twe Deelen verdeelt. Uyt 't Hooghduyts in 't Neerlandts vertaalt, en van 't Jaar onses Heeren Christi 1618, tot op het Jaar 1660 vervolght. Met veele gedenkwaardige geschiedenissen in 't Kooper gesneeden, en verciert door Jacob van Meurs.
Gottfried (Johann Ludwig) (Illustrations by Matthaeus Merian, The Elder)
Published by Amsterdam: Joannes Brouwer and Jacob van Meurs, 1660. First Dutch edition. 1660
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Add to basketTwo volumes, 4to., full armorial vellum. Title pages printed in red & black; extra fully-engraved title pages. Vellum splitting along the front hinge of Volume 1, some old stains to the first couple of leaves of Volume 1; in general a clean and very good copy, the velllum bindings a bit sprung as usual. This book, a chronology o…f world history up to 1660, was first published in German, issued in eight volumes between 1629 and 1634; the first folio edition appeared in 1642. This Dutch edition of 1660 contains Illustrated title pages, full-page plates, and many fine engravings within the text. Although the decorative title pages indicate that the illustrations are by Jacob van Meurs [Met Schloone Koopere Plaaten verciert door Jacob Van Meurs], they are clearly copied from those by Merian which appeared in the original German edition. A handsome set. The engravings are dark and attractive, and are notable for their depiction of battles and other acts of savagery.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Frankfurt: 1625-7. Oblong octavo: [11], [99] pp. + 1-6, 9-42, 45-80, 83-114, 117-136 pp. with 110 copperplate engravings. The first part appears to be missing one leaf and the second four leaves. In a period full vellum binding, with a handwritten paper label affixed to the spine. The contents are ton…ed, more so the first part, with some occasional soiling and staining. Archival restoration to the extremities of the first 14 leaves and periodically thereafter. Some general soiling to the vellum. The famous sequence of biblical engravings, which Platt Zetzner used for the first time in 1630 to illustrate an edition of the Bible. Each of the striking images is accompanied by verses in Latin, German, and French.
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Add to basketBust-length portrait of Johann van Giffen, turned to the left, looking forward. Johann van Giffen (active around 1648) was a German lawyer and diplomat. Engraving and etching on hand laid paper, sheet size 312 x 191 mm., platemark 177 x 127 mm. Made by Matthäus Merian the Elder, and published by his heirs in: Schleder, J.G. Thea…trum Europaeum. Frankfurt am Main: Merian, 1652. Vol. 6, p. 921. Matthäus Merian the Elder (1593-1650) was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt, Germany for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house. He was a member of the patrician Basel Merian family. In very good condition, ample margins. Some offsetting of letterpress on the opposite page (when this was still in it's book). Some small creases in the margin edges, lower margin lightly soiled (well outside image area). References: Wütrich (Das druckgraphische Werk von Matthaeus Merian d. AE.) vol. 3, p. 113.
Antique Bust Portrait 1682 - Admiral Michiel de Ruyter (1607-1676) - M. Merian, published 1682, 1 p.
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Add to basketBust portrait of admiral Michiel de Ruyter in an oval. On the bottom an inscription: "MICHAEL ADRIANUS de RUYTER / Vice-Admiralis Generakuis Holandiae / et Frislandiae Occidentalis" From Merian s "Theatrum Europaeum". Engraving on paper with margins; plate mark: 182 x 132 mm, total: 331 x 198 mm; very nice impression. Made in 16…82.
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Add to basketA group of seated figures in front of a pond, with a man playing lute close by. Several other couples, as well as a group of dogs sniffing a deer's head. Etching on hand laid paper, sheet size 216 x 98 mm., made by Matthäus Merian (I) (1593-1650), and published by Peter Aubry (II), c. 1600-1650. This print bears the number 4 in…the lower right corner. In fair condition, cropped within platemark, some paper loss in the right edge, a few dark stains in the image area. The collection mark of Pim van Eekelen (Lugt 5105) stamped on the verso.
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Add to basketEpisodes from the Eight years war with the invasion by Count Hendrik van den Bergh of the Veluwe. Lettered above the three upper engravings: 'Eijnfall Graffen Heinrichs von dem Berg In die Velawe Im Jahr 1624.' and above the fourth below:' Der Holländer Anzug Wider ihre Feindt Anno 1624.' From the Theatrum Europaeum by Merian, 1…635. l Four engraving in one sheet (two pages attached in the middle) with margins; platemark: 198 x 310 mm; total: 285 x 388 mm; traces of folding in the middle and on the margins. Some notes in pencil on the recto.
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Add to basketEpisodes from the Eight years war with the invasion by Count Hendrik van den Bergh of the Veluwe. Lettered above the three upper engravings: 'Eijnfall Graffen Heinrichs von dem Berg In die Velawe Im Jahr 1624.' and above the fourth below:' Der Holländer Anzug Wider ihre Feindt Anno 1624.' From the Theatrum Europaeum by Merian, 1…635. l Four engraving in one sheet (two pages attached in the middle) with broad margins; platemark: 198 x 310 mm; total: 306 x 365 mm; traces of folding in the middle. Some stains on the top margin.
[Antique etching 1686] River landscape with old fortress on the left, published 1686, 1 p.
Merian, Matthäus (the Elder) (1593-1650) after Bril, Paul (1554-1626); published by Aubry, Pierre (1610-1686)
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Add to basketRiver landscape with old fortess on the left; signed on the bottom left: 'P. Brill Jnu. ' 'M. Merian fec.' 'P. Aubry Excud.' Etching on paper: platemark: 187 x 288 mm, total: 205 x 307 mm; rather dirty and with weak margins reinforced.
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Add to basketIn the foreground two men on foot with a woman on horseback, accompanied by a dog, cross water by stepping on stones. In the background additional figures on horseback and foot. Etching on hand laid paper, sheet size 157 x 118 mm., made by Matthäus Merian (I) (1593-1650), c. 1600-1650. In very good condition, cropped within plat…emark.
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Contact seller5-star sellerEngraving with hand coloring and heightening in watercolor on two leaves of expertly conjoined handmade laid paper, one leaf with a large watermark a feathered dragon, 7 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches (183 x 285 mm). In excellent condition with superb coloring and heightening. The pigments and ink are extremely fresh and vibrant, as origin…ally presented.
