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ENTIRE TEXT IN GERMAN. Facsimile reprint of the 1653 edition. Hardcover: H 30.75cm x L 20.5cm. Dust jacket toned with slight soiling; a few scuffs at edges. Light toning to boards and spine; bumping to spine ends. Interior leaves are clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. With numerous b/w foldouts. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 4 pounds (1.81 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.

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8°, Original - Pappband. 377 Seiten. Leicht berieben. Sauberes und nahezu neuwertiges Exemplar. Offensichtlich ungelesen. IS: 9783406562204 ****An unsere Kunden in Deutschland: Versand nach Deutschland einmal in der Woche ab Freilassing mit der Deutschen Post.*** - Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 700.

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A thorough geographic description of the Kingdom of Sweden at the peak of its territorial power, i.e. including Bremen and dependencies in the Baltic Sea; written by Martin Zeiler (1589-1661), a German polyhistor. The book contains a dedicatory preface to Alexander Erskine, a Swedish baron; the main text is followed by an index. The copy features an engraved title with a portrait of Charles X Gustav; it contains a large folding map of the Kingdom of Sweden (including Norway, Finland and the Baltic countries; 22 x 26.5 cm) and all 13 double-page copperplates with vistas of various cities, including Bremen and cities in Pomerania: Barth, Bremen, Bremervörde, Greifswald, Stockholm, Reval (Tallinn, facing p. 259, not 130), Riga, Stade, Stettin (Szczecin), Stralsund, Verden, Wismar and Wolgast. Antiqua and Italic typeface; pages are decorated with several initials. The page 777 is wrongly numbered 783. The front endpaper contains several old ownership notes (two of them dated 1656 and 1706), three of them scribbled over with pen. A complete copy. /// Parchment binding; hardback, [40]+777+[29] pp., 1 map, 13 plates, 12° (8 x 13 cm), backstrip mostly missing, parchment with a few stains, edges yellowed, top edge darkened, front endpaper, title leaves and ca 50 leaves with tiny bookworm trace, large map with creases, several bookworm traces, water stains and several tears, one plate with small tear, condition: good Book Language/s: Latin.

Hardcover. Condición: Befriedigend. 1. Auflage. Topographia Galliae, Merian/Zeiler, 13 Teile,1655-61, 307 Tafeln-bis auf eine Tafel komplett. Merian d. J., Matthäus / Merian, Caspar / Zeiler, Martin: Topographia Galliae, Oder Beschreibung und Contrafaitung der vornehmbsten, und bekantisten Oerter, in dem mächtigen, und grossen Königreich Franckreich. 13 in 2 Bdn. Frankfurt a. M.: C. Merian 1655-1661. 31 x 19,7 cm. Mit 9 gest. Kupfertiteln, 18 gest. Karten und 307 (von 308) teils doppelblattgr. und gefalt. Kupfertafeln mit 399 (von 400) Darstellungen von M. und C. Merian. 4 Bll., 34 SS., 4 Bll., S. 35-97, 3 Bll.; 3 Bll., S. 3-35, 1 nn. S., 1 Bl.; 1 Bl., S. 3-38, 2 Bll.; 3 Bll., S. 3-25, 1 nn. S., 1 Bl.; 2 Bll., S. 3-24, 1 Bl.; 1 Bl., S. 3-26, 2 Bll.; 2 Bll., S. 3-71, 1 nn. S., 2 Bll.; 2 Bll., S. 3-30, 2 Bll., S. 31-47, 1 nn. S., 1 Bl.; 1 Bl., S. 3-28; 1 Bl., S. 3-58, 3 Bll.; 1 Bl., S. 3-80, 2 Bll., 1 Bl., S. 3-39, 1 nns. S., 1 Bl.; 1 Bl., S. 3-37, 1 nn. S., 1 Bl. Ldr. auf 5 Bünden mit reicher ornamentaler und floraler Blindprägung und 2 grünen Rs. Berieben. Stellenweise etwas beschabt. Gelenke gelockert. Es fehlt die Tafel "Pomeranzen Garten zu Ruel"; ansonsten komplett. Teil I enthält den Kupfertitel der lateinischen Ausgabe, Titel mit Besitzvermerk, mäßig bis stellenweise stärker gebräunt. In den ersten 3 Teilen einige, meist hinterlegte Randfehlstellen im Text; insgesamt überwiegend kleinere Randläsuren; wenige Tafeln mit Randausrissen; 6 Tafeln mit hinterlegten Einrissen, einige mit verstärkten Falzen; wasser- und teils etwas schmutzrandig; zusammengesetzte Falttafeln meist an der Schnittstelle gebräunt; 1 Bl. mit ausführlichen hs. Anmerkungen.) Wüthrich 71. - Mit den zusätzlichen Tafeln Clermont-en-Argonne", Lagny sur Marne/Melun" sowie Soissons/Meaux" und Noyon", die nach Wüthrich nur in den Erstdrucken der ersten Ausgabe und der seltenen lateinischen Ausgabe vorhanden sind. Bis auf die teils leicht abweichenden Kupfertitel mit den Kennzeichen der ersten Ausgabe und den Kupfern in Frühabdrucken von guter Qualität. - Ein Großteil der Ansichten ist nach Vorlagen von Israel Sylvestre, Nicolas Tassin, Jan Peeters, Wenzelslaus Hollar und Jean Marot entstanden. - Die 13 Bände beziehen sich auf folgende Provinzen und Länder: 1. Île de France; 2. Picardie; 3. Champagne; 4. Bourgogne; 5. Lyonnois; 6. Berry, Auvergne, Limousin; 7. Gouvernement Orléans; 8. Normandie; 9. Bretagne; 10. Gouvernement du Guyenne & Gascogne; 11. Languedoc; 12. Provence; 13. Dauphiné. - Beide Bände mit Exlibris auf dem vorderen Spiegel. Topographia Galliae (16551661) is a German-language series of illustrated books created by engraver Matthäus Merian and writer Martin Zeiler, and published in Frankfurt. It describes cities and towns in 17th-century France. Wenceslaus Hollar also contributed to its engravings. Volumes Topographia Galliae (in German) (1st ed.), Frankfurt: Caspar Merian 1655-61 (13 volumes) References: Universal Cyclopaedia. Vol. 8. D. Appleton & Co. 1909. Jacques Charles Brunet (1844), "Histoire de France (23133)", Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres [Catalogue for Booksellers and Bibliophiles] (in French), vol. 5 (4th ed.), Paris: Firmin Didot frères, hdl:2027/nyp.33433089888980 Catalogue of Rare and Valuable Books on the Fine Arts, Bernard Quaritch, 1909, "Zeilleri Topographia Galliae" Johann Georg Theodor Grässe (1867). Trésor de livres rares et précieux [Treasury of rare and valuable books] (in French).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Amsterdam: Corneilius Dankers, [1644]. Second edition. Small Folio (12 1/8"" x 7 6/8", 308mm x 195mm). Engraved title-page to the first work, and vignette title-page to the second, with 39 double-page engraved plates. Bound in Contemporary vellum over paste-board. On the spine, manuscript author and title. Vellum darkened on covers and spine. Extremities worn. Orange stain on front cover and brown stain on back. Head and tail of spine worn and starting. Foxing and off-setting throughout. This Dutch edition of Swiss city views and plans is the first part of an extensive general topography of Germany. Matthäeus Merion (1589-1650) was an engraver, book dealer and the leading German illustrator of his time. He published over 30 topographies in his career, including the comprehensive series Topographia Germaniae. The plates are attractive and detailed. The first edition, published in 1642, was reissued many times and added to by Merian's son Casper in 1653. Martin Zeiler (1593-1650) wrote the text.

Condición: Good. Small folio. 19 x 30 cm. Contemporary calf with gilt spine and 6 raised bands; Age worn but solid with loss at foot of spine at top.Two works bound together: First part: [2], 97, [6] pp. with numerous engravings. Second part [4], 35, [3] pp. with numerous engravings. The engravings include maps, views of buildings and towns and town plans.The plates are not numbered.OCLC Numbers 1292069102 and 93034251.UK Royal Collection description:This volume, part of a set on the topography of France, was first published in 1655. It covers Paris and the Ile de France, and includes numerous detailed engravings and maps of the various cities, towns, and notable buildings in the region, accompanied by text written by the German scholar Martin Zeiler (1589-1661).Zeiler was born in central Austria in 1589 but his family, being Protestant, was forced to leave the country and as a result Zeiler was educated in the city of Ulm. He later moved to Wittenberg to study law and history but returned to Ulm in 1629 and began to publish multiple works on history and topography. Around 1640, Zeiler was approached by the publisher and engraver Matthäus Merian (1593-1650) to write the text for his multi volume work which aimed to collate his many detailed engravings of German, French and Italian towns. The enterprise ran to over 60 volumes, a huge endeavour for the seventeenth century, and employed notable engravers such as Wenceslaus Hollar. Merian died in 1650 but his sons managed to complete the publication with the final volume published soon after Zeiler's death in 1661.The engravings in these volumes are very detailed and often depict birds-eye or panoramic views of cities and notable estates throughout France and the Holy Roman Empire. This volume is of particular interest because it contains very detailed depictions of the development of Paris between 1620 and 1655, most notably the progress of Louis XIII's extension of the Louvre which was completed in 1638. There have also been later additions to the engravings contained in the volume, a previous owner has inserted cropped plans and elevations of Les Invalides, a project that was not started until 1670.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 1655 Martin Zeiler Geography of Denmark Germany & Norway Topography MAPS Atlas Martin Zeiler, along with Matthaus Merian, published one of the best-known topographical studies of Germany in the 17th-century. This work, 'Topographia Germaniae', provides descriptions of various parts around Germany, Norway, and Denmark, descriptions of towns and villages, political affiliations, and impressive illustrated city views. This two-part work features 13 maps and city views of cities in Northern Germany and Denmark including: Apenroda Krempa Ekernfordy Flensburgum Gluckstadium Haderslebia Hamburgum Husumae Itzehoa Kila Lubeck Rensburgum Tondera Item number: #6602 Price: $950 ZEILER, Martin Regnorum Daniæ et Norwegiæe, ut et ducatuum Slesvici et Holsatiæ regionumque ad ea spectantium descriptio nova : Cum præfatione de rebus gestis Normannorum Amstelodami : Ægidium Janssonium Valckenier, 1655. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages 2 parts in 1 'Danieae et Norwegiae' [22], 280, [10] 1 full-page plate 'Sleswicensis' 95, [1] 13 folding plates Provenance: Armorial Bookplate Ex Musaeo Caroli de Brandt Handwritten Georgius Francus de Frankenan,1695. A German physician and surgeon. He was a collegue of the esteemed German doctor of the same era, Michael Bernhard Valentini. Language: Latin Binding: Vellum; tight & secure Size: ~5.5in X 3in (14cm x 8cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 6602 Photos available upon request.

Hardcover. Condición: very good. Hispaniae et Lusitaniae Itinerarium, Zeiler M., 1656 Hispaniae et Lusitaniae Itinerarium nova et accurata descriptiane iconibusque novis et elegantibus loca earundem praecipua illustrans Amsterdam, Janonsius Valckenier 1656. 16°, 13x7 cm., gestochener Titel, 11 n.n. Bl., 364 S. 40 n.n. Bl. mit Register und Genealogie. Mit einer mehrfach gefalteten gestochenen Karte und 19 gefalteten gestochenen Ansichten und Plänen. Originaler Kalbsledereinband, berieben bestossen. Erste lateinische Ausgabe. 1637 war eine deutsche Ausgabe ohne Kupfer erschienen. Mit einer mehrfach gefalteten Karte der iberischen Halbinsel und Ansichten von S. Sebastian, Burgos, Valladolid, Escorial, Madrid, Toledo, Braga, Conimbriae, Lissabon, Cadiz, Sevilla, Eciia, Corduba, Granada, Malaga, Antequera, Loxa und Barcelona. Die Anzahl der Tafeln deckt sich mit der Anweisung an den Buchbinder (Tafelverzeichnis). Die Tafeln in ausgezeichneter Qualität, tiefschwarz und frisch. Der Text gering gebräunt. In diesem, vollständigen Zustand sehr selten. Martin Zeiller (* 17. April 1589 in Ranten, Steiermark; 6. Oktober 1661 in Ulm) war ein protestantischer deutscher Autor der Barockzeit. Nach dem Besuch des Gymnasiums in Ulm studierte Zeiller, dessen Vater als Exulant aus Glaubensgründen aus der Obersteiermark vertrieben worden war, ab 1608 in Wittenberg. Hier beschäftigte er sich mit der Geschichte und Rechtswissenschaft. Nach dem Studium arbeitete er als Hauslehrer bei protestantischen Adelsfamilien und Notar unter anderem im österreichischen Linz, wo ihn aber die Gegenreformation erneut vertrieb. Ab 1629 lebte Zeiller in der Reichsstadt Ulm, wo er verschiedene Ämter im Schulwesen bekleidete (unter anderem Aufseher des Gymnasiums 1641, Inspektor der deutschen Schulen 1643). Zeiller ist das typische Beispiel eines barocken Polyhistors und Kompilations-Schriftstellers. Er verfasste zahlreiche Bücher (allein die Stadtbibliothek Ulm verwahrt 90 Titel von ihm). Am bekanntesten ist seine Mitwirkung als Textautor an Matthäus Merians Topographia Germaniae. Der populäre Autor verfasste auch Reisehandbücher sowie verschiedene Lexika. Seine unerhörte literarische Produktivität wurde von den Zeitgenossen durchaus anerkannt. Der Barockdichter Georg Philipp Harsdörffer verfasste eine Alexandrinerdichtung, beginnend: "Der nie verweilte Fleiß in Herrn Zeillers Schriften." Im Geburtsort von Martin Zeiller (Ranten in der Steiermark) wurde Anfang der 1990er Jahre ein Martin-Zeiller-Pfad eingeweiht. Literatur[Bearbeiten] Ulrich Gaier u.a. (Hrsg.): Schwabenspiegel. Bd. 1. Ulm 2003, ISBN 3-937184-00-7, S. 496 (Autorenlexikon). Walter Brunner: Martin Zeiller (1589-1661) - Ein Gelehrtenleben. Graz 1990. Walther Killy: Literaturlexikon: Autoren und Werke deutscher Sprache. 15 Bände. Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verlag, Gütersloh, München 1988-1991 (CD-ROM Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-932544-13-7). Max von Waldberg: Zeiller, Martin. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, S. 782784. Constantin von Wurzbach: Zeiler, Martin. In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Band 59, Verlag L. C. Zamarski, Wien 1890, S. 281283.

MERIAN, Matthaeus (1593-1650) and Martin ZEILER (1589-1661). Theatri Europaei Sechster und letzter Theil Das ist Außführliche Beschreibung der Denckwürdigsten Geschichten so sich hin und wieder durch Europam, als in Hoch und NiederTeutschland Franckreich Hispanien Italien GroßBritannien Dennemärck Schweden Polen Moscau Schlesien Böhmen Ober und NiederOesterreich Hungarn Siebenbürgen Wallachey Moldau Türckey und Barbarien so wohl im Weltlichen Regiment als KriegsWesen; Bevorab bey denen zwischen mehrentheils kriegenden Partheyen nach Münster und Oßnabrück angesetzten . General FriedensTractaten vom Jahr Christi 1647. biß 1651. allerseits begeben und zugetragen. Frankfurt: Matthias Merian, 1652. Folio (13 x 8 inches). Additional engraved title-page (laid down), letterpress title-page with woodcut printer's device, engraved arms of King Charles X Gustav of Sweden, large folding map of Crete and 10 other folding maps, 27 double-page maps, 145 full-page and vignette portraits of kings, queens, and heads of state (text leaves browned, one or two short marginal tears and repairs). Contemporary German paneled pigskin over beveled boards, one of two pairs of clasps and catches remaining (scuffed and stained). Published in the aftermath of The Thirty Years War (16181648), which when it ended with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, had completely redrawn the map of Europe, seeing the rise of centralised nation states, the decline of Spanish power and the rise of French hegemony. Merian's extraordinary town books of Europe cover "cover events in Europe over a complete century between 1617 and 1718, comprising more than 20,000 pages of text, approximately 720 maps, plans, views and other prints and nearly 700 portraits. Many items reflect sieges and military actions during, first, the Thirty Years' War, then the several campaigns against the Turks in Hungary and eastern Europe and then the War of the Spanish Succession, as well as other European conflicts in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Matthaus Merian the Elder. contributed many engravings until his death in 1650, some being repeated from his various national topographical works. He was followed by his son Matthaeus the Younger and another son, Caspar Merian. These two sons died in 1687 and 1686 respectively and subsequently the work was continued by their heirs." (Shirley page 1590-1591). Catalogued by Kate Hunter.

MERIAN, Matthaeus (1593-1650) and Martin ZEILER (1589-1661). Theatri Europaei Vierdter Theil Das ist: Glaubwu rdige Beschreibung Denckwu rdiger Geschichten die sich in Europa auch zum theil in Ost- und West-Indien zuvorderist in Hispanien Italien Franckreich Groß-Britannien Schott- und Irrland: In Hungarn Polen Siebenbu rgen Wallachey: In der Tu rckey Persien Moscaw: In Dennemarck Schweden Hoch- und Nieder-Teutschland sonderlich aber im Kriegs-Wesen seydhero Anno 1638. biß Anno 1643. exclusive` begeben haben : Auß vertrewlich communicirten Schrifften/ und andern Documenten/ mit Fleiß zusammen getragen und beschrieben. Frankfurt: Matthias Merian, 1643. Folio (12 4/8 x 8 inches). Additional engraved title-page (early ink library stamp obscured), letterpress title-page with engraved vignette (lower right-hand corner renewed), double-page engraved map of Germany (lower edge repaired), 28 vignette portraits of Europe's Kings and military leaders, 2 folding panoramas, one double-page and folding map, 42 double-page maps, plans and views (of 43, the battle of Breitenfeld in facsimile, some washed or supplied), one full-page plate, 4 vignettes in the text (dampstained throughout, one or two repairs). Contemporary German paneled pigskin over beveled boards, remains of two pairs of clasps and catches (recased, endpapers renewed). Published just as Europe began to emerge from the Thirty Years War and in a brief hiatus between the first and second English Civil Wars. The Thirty Years War (16181648) was a series of wars whose destructive campaigns and battles occurred over most of Europe, which when it ended with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, had completely redrawn the map of Europe. Merian's extraordinary town books of Europe cover "cover events in Europe over a complete century between 1617 and 1718, comprising more than 20,000 pages of text, approximately 720 maps, plans, views and other prints and nearly 700 portraits. Many items reflect sieges and military actions during, first, the Thirty Years' War, then the several campaigns against the Turks in Hungary and eastern Europe and then the War of the Spanish Succession, as well as other European conflicts in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Matthaus Merian the Elder. contributed many engravings until his death in 1650, some being repeated from his various national topographical works. He was followed by his son Matthaeus the Younger and another son, Caspar Merian. These two sons died in 1687 and 1686 respectively and subsequently the work was continued by their heirs." (Shirley page 1590-1591). Lipperheide Ci 20. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.

Topographiae Galliae oder Beschribung und Contrafaitung deß Mächtigen Königreichs Franckreich Zweyter Theil die ürnehmste und bekantiste Stätte und Plätze in der Provinc Picardiae. Frankfurt: Caspar Merians, 1656. Topographiae Galliae oder Beschribung und Contrafaitung deß Mächtigen Königreichs Franckreich Dritter Theil die ürnehmste und bekantiste Stätte und Plätze in der Provinc Champagne und Brie furstellendt. Frankfurt: Caspar Merians, 1656. Topographiae Galliae oder Beschribung und Contrafaitung deß Mächtigen Königreichs Franckreich VierderTheil die ürnehmste und bekantiste Stätte und Plätze von Burgund Bresse. Niver Nois und Dombes. furstellendt. Frankfurt: Caspar Merians, 1656. 3 parts in one volume. Folio (11 4/8 x 7 4/8 inches). 3 engraved title-pages (that for Picardy laid down). 3 fine folding engraved maps of Picardie, Champagne et Brie, Les Deux Bourgognes, 5 folding panoramas of Mouza and St. Merehould, Tonnere, Charite, Dijon, and Nevers, 86 double-page engraved plates of views and plans (2 loose), and 13 full-pages plates of views and plans (some waterstaining towards the middle of the book). Modern vellum backed 16th-century red and black letterpress paper boards, vellum corners. Edition in German of Parts II, III, and IV, of an eventual 13. Published just as Louis XIV, the Sun King, began his rule and cultural revolution in France, this is the most comprehensive guide to France of the 17th-century. "Until 1661 the real master of France was Cardinal Mazarin, under whose government his country, victorious over Austria (1643-48) and Spain (1643-59), acquired by the Treaties of Westphalia (1648) and the Pyrennes (1659) Alsace, Artois, and Roussillon, which had already been occupied by French troops since the days of Richelieu. As a result of the marriage between Louis XIV and Maria Theresa of Austria, Louis XIV also acquired rights over the Low Countries. When Louis's personal government began (1661), France was the arbiter of Europe: she had re-established peace among the Powers of the North (Sweden, Brandenburg, Denmark, and Poland); she protected the League of the Rhine; and her authority in Germany was greater than the emperor's. At that period the power of France, established upon the firmest foundations, was perhaps less imposing, but was assuredly more solid, than it became during the most glorious days of Louis XIV's personal government' (Catholic Encyclopedia online). Matthaeus Merian was a notable Swiss engraver born in 1593 in Basel. He learned copperplate engraving in Zurich, though he studied later in Strasbourg, Nancy and Paris. He returned to Basel in 1615, moving to Frankfurt 1616. There he worked for Johann Theodor de Bry, the celebrated publisher whose daughter, Maria Magdelana he married in 1617. In 1620 he and his family moved back to Basel, though they returned to Frankfurt in 1623. After his death in 1650, Mathaeus' sons, Mathaeus and Caspar continued his monumental "Topographia" series of Europe. Shirley G-Meri 22a. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.

MERIAN, Matthaeus (1593-1650) and Martin ZEILER (1589-1661). Topographia Bavariae, das ist Beschreib. und Aigentliche Abildung der Vornembsten Stätt vnd Orth in Ober- und Nieder-Beyern, Der Obern Pfaltz, und Andern, zum Hochlöblichen Bayrischen Craiße gehörigen Landschafften. Frankfurt: Matthias Merian, 1644. ?Folio (12 x 8 4/8 inches). Engraved title-page, 2 double-page engraved maps of Bavaria and Bohemia, 31 double-page engraved plates of views and plans, 12 full-page plates of views and plans (apparently lacking 4 plates of views), one vignette, extra-illustrated with 4 plates of views in Salzburg. Modern vellum backed 16th-century red and black letterpress paper boards, vellum corners. First edition. A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated description of the Rhenish Palatinate from Merian and Zeiller's "Topographiae Germaniae" series (16 volumes 1641-1654). Published as the reign of Maximilian I (1573-1651), Duke of Bavaria, 1598-1622, Elector of Bavaria and Lord High Steward of the Holy Roman Empire, 1623-1651, was drawing to a close, a reign dominated by the Thirty Years' War during which Bavaria suffered terribly, and which broke out in 1619. No other "German prince of that time possessed an army so well organized and equipped. Its commander was the veteran soldier from the Netherlands Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, who, austere himself, knew how to maintain discipline among his troops. The fortifications at Ingolstadt on the Danube were greatly strengthened, and Munich and other towns were surrounded by walls and moats. Well-filled arsenals were established in different places as preparation for time of need. The youthful Swedish king, Gustavus Adolphus, defeated Tilly, the veteran leader of the army of the League at Breitenfeld (1631), and in a battle with Gustavus Adolphus near the Lech, 16 April, 1632, Tilly was again vanquished, receiving a wound from which he died two weeks later at Ingolstadt. Although the siege of this city by the Swedes was unsuccessful, Gustavus plundered the Bavarian towns and villages, laid waste the country and pillaged Munich. After the death of Gustavus Adolphus at the battle of Lützen (1632) Bernhard of Weimar, unmolested by Wallenstein, ravaged Bavaria until he received a crushing defeat the battle of Nordlingen (6 Sept., 1634). Even in the last ten years of the war the country was not spared from hostile attacks. Consequently Maximilian sought by means of a truce with the enemy (1647) to gain for Bavaria an opportunity to recover. The desired result, however, not being attained, he united his forces to those of the imperial army, but the allied troops were not sufficient to overthrow the confederated French and Swedes, and once more suffered all the terrors of a pitiless invasion. The fighting ended with the capture of the Swedish generals, 6 Oct., 1648, and the Peace of Westphalia was signed at Munster, 24 Oct. of the same year. The material benefits derived by Maximilian from his attitude in politics were meagre: the Electoral dignity, the office of Lord High Steward, and the Upper Palatinate. The abstract gains, on the other hand, appear far greater. Not only since then has Bavaria had the second place among the Catholic principalities of Germany, ranking next to Austria, but for centuries a strong bulwark was opposed to the advance of Protestantism, and the latter was, at times, even driven back" (Catholic Encyclopedia). Born in Basel, Switzerland and a pupil of Jacob van der Heyden, Merian joined the Frankfurt publishing house of Johann Theodor de Bry in 1616 and, the following year, married de Bry's daughter Maria Magdalena. He became one of the most prominent members of the publishing family, known throughout Europe for his engravings of cityscapes and landscapes, his scientific books, and achieved his greatest acclaim as head of the family publishing house following the death of his father-in-law in 1623. He rapidly and almost single-handedly built up the house to.

Folio (12 x 8 inches). Engraved allegorical title-page, double-page engraved maps of "Svevia" (Bavaria) and Wirtenberg, 40 (of 41, without plate 31 of Leipheim) double-page engraved plates of birds-eye views, and 15 full-page plates of views (early leaves loose). Contemporary full vellum over paste-board, yapp fore-edges, the title in manuscript on the spine (upper joint split but holding, inner hinge broken, lacking ties). Provenance: near contemporary bookplate removed from the front paste-down; later engraved book label with the monogramme J.M.S. on the front paste-down. First edition. A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated description of Swabia (German Schwaben, Latin Suevia), from Merian and Zeiller's "Topographiae Germaniae" series (16 volumes 1641-1654). With its capital at Augsburg, Swebia was "a medieval duchy in the lands now forming southwestern Germany. Its territories covered the area now occupied by Baden-Württemberg (including the Black Forest) and parts of western Bavaria (to the Lech River) and northern Switzerland. It owes its importance to its strategic position between the upper reaches of two of Europe's most important rivers, the Danube and the Rhine.In 1376, 14 cities, for their own protection, organized themselves into the Swabian League of Cities. The League grew to eventually include over 32 cities from Basle in the west to Regensburg in the east, from Constance in the south to Nürnberg (Nuremberg) in the North. In 1488, a new grouping, now simply styled "Swabian League" was formed by these cities, the larger principalities and even individual knights, for the purpose of maintaining internal stability. When in the 16th century, the Holy Roman Empire began to organize around the Kreis, literally, "circle", these states called themselves the Swabian Kreis" (Harald Pleiner online). Nowadays Swabia is understood to be the area around Württemberg, south of the Danube, inclduing Lake Constance, or Bodensee, and the Rhine, called Oberschwaben, and the region between Iller and Lech, called Bavarian Swabia. Born in Basel, Switzerland and a pupil of Jacob van der Heyden, Merian joined the Frankfurt publishing house of Johann Theodor de Bry in 1616 and, the following year, married de Bry's daughter Maria Magdalena. He became one of the most prominent members of the publishing family, known throughout Europe for his engravings of cityscapes and landscapes, his scientific books, and achieved his greatest acclaim as head of the family publishing house following the death of his father-in-law in 1623. He rapidly and almost single-handedly built up the house to become one of the most important in Europe, etching most of the plates himself until about 1645, when he increasingly relied upon the help of a growing staff of assistants and pupils among them Wenceslaus Hollar, Rudolf and Conrad Meyer of Zurich, and his sons-in-law Christoph Le Blon and Melchior Kusel. After his death in 1650, Mathaeus' sons, Mathaeus and Caspar continued his monumental "Topographia" series of Europe. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.

MERIAN, Matthaeus (1593-1650) and Martin ZEILER (1589-1661). Topographia Palatinatus Rheni et vicinarum regionum : das ist Beschreibung und eigentliche Abbildung der vornemsten Sta tte und Pla tz der Untern Pfalz am Rhein. Frankfurt: Matthias Merian, 1645 [but 1660]. Folio (12 2/8 x 8 inches). Engraved title-page (laid down), sectional title-page. 3 double-page engraved maps of Palatinatus Rheni, Lothingaria, and Savoye, 37 fine double-page engraved plates of views and plans, 24 full-page plates of views and plans. Modern vellum backed 16th-century red and black letterpress paper boards, vellum corners. Second edition. A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated description of the Rhenish Palatinate from Merian and Zeiller's "Topographiae Germaniae" series (16 volumes 1641-1654). Frederick V (1610-23), the husband of the British Princess Elizabeth (daughter of James I), "was a man of boundless self- confidence and ambition, and when he took the crown of Bohemia, offered him by the unsurgents, the Thirty Years' War broke out. The battle at Weissen Berg, near Prague (1620), cost Frederick not only the "Winter Kingdom" but also his electoral Palatinate, which together with the electoral dignity and the Upper Palatinate was transferred in 1623 to Maximilian of Bavaria. The entire burden of the war rested for decades upon the Palatinate; the famous library of Heidelberg was presented to the pope by Tilly, who had captured the city in 1622. At the Peace of Westphalia Frederick's son, Charles Frederick (1648-80), received back the Rhenish Palatinate undiminished, but had to give up the Upper Palatinate and be content with a newly-created electoral vote. In spite of his diminished resources, he raised the country materially and intellectually to a highly-flourishing condition. In contrast with his predecessors he permitted the three great creeds of Germany to exist side by side, and received colonists from all lands without questioning them as to their religion. Church and schools found in him a zealous patron: the University of Heidelberg, deserted since 1630, was again opened by him in 1652, and renowned scholars such as Pufendorf were appointed to the professorships. In the wars between Germany and France he remained loyal to the emperor; as a consequence his lands suffered severely from the devastation of the French soldiers in the Wars for Reunion. With his incompetent son, Charles Louis (1680-88), the Palatinate-Simmern line became extinct" (Catholic Encyclopedia online). Born in Basel, Switzerland and a pupil of Jacob van der Heyden, Merian joined the Frankfurt publishing house of Johann Theodor de Bry in 1616 and, the following year, married de Bry's daughter Maria Magdalena. He became one of the most prominent members of the publishing family, known throughout Europe for his engravings of cityscapes and landscapes, his scientific books, and achieved his greatest acclaim as head of the family publishing house following the death of his father-in-law in 1623. He rapidly and almost single-handedly built up the house to become one of the most important in Europe, etching most of the plates himself until about 1645, when he increasingly relied upon the help of a growing staff of assistants and pupils among them Wenceslaus Hollar, Rudolf and Conrad Meyer of Zurich, and his sons-in-law Christoph Le Blon and Melchior Kusel. After his death in 1650, Mathaeus' sons, Mathaeus and Caspar continued his monumental "Topographia" series of Europe. Brunet 1529; Graesse VII 509; Wüthrich IV, 26. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.

MERIAN, Matthaeus (1593-1650) and Martin ZEILER (1589-1661). Topographia Hassiae et regionum vicinarum, das ist, Beschreibung der vornembsten Sta tte und Pla tze in Hessen, und den benachbahrten Landtschaften, als Buchen, Nassau, Wetteraw, Westerwaldt, Wittgenstein, Lohngaw, und Andern. Frankfurt: Matthias Merian, [1655]. 2 parts in one volume. Folio (12 2/8 x 7 7/8 inches). Engraved title-page (laid down), sectional title-page. 3 fine engraved double-page maps of Hassia Superior, Hassia Landgraviatus, and Wetteravia, 22 fine double-page engraved plates of views and plans, extra-illustrated with a double-page view of Frauensee in Hessen. Modern vellum backed 16th-century red and black letterpress paper boards, vellum corners. Provenance: with the near contemporary engraved bookplate of a Marquis with the monogramme D.S.H. on the verso of the title-page. Third edition. On his death in 1567, Philip the Magnanimous divided Hesse between his four legitimate sons, but, as "two of these died without heirs in 1583 and 1604 respectively, his family was split into two chief lines that of Hesse-Darmstadt, represented by George I, and that of Hesse-Kassel, represented by William IV. From these two lines sprang in the course of time some collateral lines, but no member of the family at present occupies a throne. In contrast to his father, the first Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, George I (1567-96) espoused the cause of the Hapsburgs. He increased his family possessions considerably, and in this his example was followed by his eldest son Louis V (1596-1626), who for his attachment to the emperor was called "the Faithful". He founded the University of Giessen in 1607. George II (1628-61) acquired a portion of Upper Hesse in 1648; his brother Frederick returned to the Catholic Faith, became Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Breslau, and died in 1682. Although three sons of Louis VI (1661-78) also returned to Catholicism, there was no mitigation in the stern Lutheranism of the land. In Hesse-Kassel William IV (1567-92) was succeeded by Moritz "the Learned" (1592-1627), during whose reign the Thirty Years' War broke out. His son, William V (1627-37), allied himself with Gustavus Adolphus and was forced to retire into exile. Under William VI (1637-63) the foundation of Hersfeld and a portion of Upper Hesse were acquired by Hesse-Kassel" (Catholic Encyclopedia). During the American War of Independence Hessian soldiers were famously contracted for military service by the British government. Brunet 1529; Graesse VII 509; Wuthrich IV, 36. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.