Live auction - Lot 540
[Low Countries]
Topographia Germaniae-Inferioris vel Circuli-Burgundici das ist Beschreibung und Abbildung der fürnembsten Örter in den Niderländischen XVII Provincien oder Burgundischen Kränze.
Frankfurt am Main, C. Merian, [1659]
€ 2.500 / 3.000
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Lot description
Folio: engr. title-283-[20] pp. (browning and some dampstaining).
Contemp. calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, front flyleave renewed, red sp. edges (corners rubbed and bumped, joints starting to split, def. on head).
With 12 engr. maps, 108 engr. pl. (mostly double paged) with 65 views and 95 plans of cities in Belgium, Northern France & Luxembourg. Dedication by Caspar Merian to Peter and David de Neufville, dated 28 March 1659. Printed in Gothic in 2 col.
Ref. Schuchhard, nr. 69. - VD17 39:131723X.
Prov. Ms. name label on lower front pastedown. - Engr. by Martin Tyroff with lady portrait on pastedown.