Topographia Germaniae
_001.jpg) Title page of Topographia Bavariae, 1665; part of Topographia Germaniae series | |
| Author | Martin Zeiler |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Caspar Merian, Matthäus Merian Jr. |
| Country | Frankfurt |
| Language | German language |
| Publisher | Matthäus Merian (engraver, 17th century), Bärenreiter-Verlag (republisher, 19th century) |
| Media type | 38 volume series of books |
Topographia Germaniae (1642–c. 1660s) is a multi-volume series of books created by engraver Matthäus Merian and writer Martin Zeiler, and published in Frankfurt in 38 parts.[1] Engravers Wenceslaus Hollar,[2] Caspar Merian, and Matthäus Merian Jr. also contributed illustrations.[1] In the 1960s Bärenreiter-Verlag reproduced the work.[3]
Volumes
- Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae. 1642.
- Contents: Switzerland; index
- Topographia Sueviae. 1643.
- Topographia Alsatiae. 1644.
- Topographia Bavariae. 1644.
- Topographia Palatinatus Rheni et Vicinarum Regionum. 1645.
- Contents: Rhine Palatinate; index
- Topographia Archiepiscopatuum Moguntinensis, Trevirensis et Coloniensis. 1646.
- Contents: Archdioceses of Mainz, Trier and Cologne; index
- Topographia Hassiae et Regionum Vicinarum. 1646.
- Topographia Westphaliae. 1647.
- Contents: Westphalia, including Aachen etc.; index
- Topographia Franconiae. 1648.
- Topographia Provinciarum Austriacarum Austriae, Styriae, Carinthiae, Carniolae, Tyrolis. 1649.
- Contents: Austria; index
- Topographia Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae. 1650.
- Contents: Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, including Prague etc.; index
- 1960 reprint
- Topographia Superioris Saxoniae, Thüringiae, Misniae et Lusatiae. 1650.
- Contents: Upper Saxony, Thuringia, Meissen and Lusatia, including Dresden, etc.; index
- Topographia Electoratus Brandenburgici et Ducatus Pomeraniae. 1652.
- Contents: Brandenburg and Pomerania, including Berlin, Riga etc.; index
- Topographia Saxoniae Inferioris. 1653.
- Contents: Lower Saxony, including Hamburg, Lubeck; index
- Topographia und Eigentliche Beschreibung Der ... Hertzogthumer Braunschweig und Lüneburg. 1654.
- Contents: Brunswick and Lüneburg
- Topographia Circuli Burgundici. 1654.
- Contents: Burgundy, including Brussels etc.; index
References
- 1 2 J.M. Ritchie (1962). "German Books in Glasgow and Edinburgh, 1500-1750". Modern Language Review. 57: 523. doi:10.2307/3720465. JSTOR 3720465.
- ↑ Yale University Library Gazette, 75, April 2001, JSTOR 40859251
- ↑ C. Koeman (1964). "An Increase in Facsimile Reprints". Imago Mundi. 18: 87–88. doi:10.1080/03085696408592250. JSTOR 1150386.
Further reading
- Johann Georg Theodor Grässe (1867). Trésor de livres rares et précieux [Treasury of rare and valuable books] (in French). 6. Dresden.
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