Live veiling - Lot 928

[Manuscript - Belgium]

MERCK, Johann

Fortification plan of Antwerp.

January 1647


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Laid paper, 20 x 31 cm, brown pen, watercoloured, monogrammed and dated bottom left.

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Manuscript plan by J. Merck (1619-1669), German military surveyor who participated in operations in the Netherlands during the period 1643-1649. He also produced topographical drawings for several volumes of the series "Theatrum Europaeum" edited by Matthäus and Caspar Merian, particularly for the volume "Topographia Circuli Burgundici" covering the Netherlands, published in 1654. Leaf XLIX from an album "Festina Lente" which originally contained 124 plans of fortifications by the same, now broken up. With scale and legend.
Ref. Meurer, Peter M. - Der Geldern-Plan des Johann Merck aus dem Jahre 1646, in Geldrischer Heimatkalender, 2001, pp. 198-207.
Prov. Beijers Book Auction sale. Utrecht, March 25-26, 1981, n. 1436.

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Lot 928

Fortification plan of Antwerp.

MERCK, Johann

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