Zeiller, Martin, 1589-1661, Topographia Alsatiæ &c. completa , im Jahr MDCLXIII [1663]
- Title(s):
Topographia Alsatiæ &c. completa : das ist, Vollkömliche Beschreibung und eygentliche Abbildung der vornehmbsten Städt und Oerther im Obern und Untern Elsass auch den benachbarten Sundgöw, Brissgöw, Graffschafft Mümpelgart and andern Gegenden / Jetzo auffs neu revidiret und mit dem jenigen was sonst in dem zuvor absonderlich gedruckten Anhang vermehret und an Tag gegeben und verlegt durch Matthæi Mariani Seel: Erben.
- Published/Created:
- Gedruckt zu Franckfurt am Mayn : in Johann Georg Spörlins Buch-Truckerey, im Jahr MDCLXIII [1663]
- Physical Description:
- [18], 70 pages, [38] leaves of plates : folded maps, plans (some folded), plates ; 33 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsD917.Z45 T67 1663+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12259048
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Includes Wenceslaus Hollar's etching of Strasbourg cathedral. The views of Emmerich, Fleckenstein, Freiburg im Breisgau, and Strasbourg have been incorrectly attributed to Hollar. See: Pennington.
Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607-1677, 892
Includes index.
See H. Schuchhard. Die Zeiler-Merianischen Topographen. Centralblatt für Bibliothekwesen, 1896, Hft. 5/6.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary paste paper boards; rebacked. Title label written in ms on spine. Similarly bound with the BAC copies of other titles in the Topographia Germaniae series (D917.Z45 T67+).
Collection of views and maps of the cities and towns of Alsace. Part of the 21-volume set of townbooks known collectively as the Topographia Germaniae, published between 1642 and 1688. The text was provided by the German geographer, Martin Zeiller. With over 2000 plates, the series was the most extensive publication of its kind. Most of the plates were engraved by Matthäus Merian (1593-1650) and his sons Matthäus (1621-1687) and Caspar (1627-1686). - Subject Terms:
- Alsace (France) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works.Alsace (France) -- Maps.Alsace (France) -- Pictorial works.Architecture -- France -- Alsace -- Pictorial works.
- Form/Genre:
- Cityscapes.
Maps -- Alsace. - Export:
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