Live auction - Lot 723
[Low Countries]
Topographia Germaniae Inferioris das ist Beschreibung und Abbildung der vornehmsten Stätten (...) in den XVII Niederländischen Provintien liegend, Alls Brabant, Limburch, Mechelen, Geldern, Zütphen (...).
Frankfurt a. Main, Caspar Merian, (1659)
€ 2.500 / 3.000
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Lot description
Folio : t.-p.-283-[20-1 bl.] pp. (lacking the plate index on pp. 3-4, browning text leaves, some staining & foxing).
Cont. vellum (some minor soiling, sl. def. on head). Good condition of the plates.
1st edition of the splendid description of the Low Countries, with a wealth of information (and maps) on larger and smaller towns, incl. Breda, Haarlem, Rotterdam, Brussels, Leuven, Lier, Mechelen, Brugge, Dendermonde, Geraardsbergen, Kortrijk, Gent, Oostende, Cambrai, Luxemburg, ... Engr. ills : title with Neptune, dolphins and coats-of-arms, 12 double-page maps, 70 views and 89 city maps on 120 pls. Martin Zeiller (1589-1661) compiled similar volumes for Caspar Merian (1655-c. 1680).