Topographia Franconiæ : das ist, Beschreibung vnd eÿgentliche Contrafactur der vornehmbsten Stätte vnd Plätze des Frankenlandes vnd deren die zú dem hochlöbischen fränkischen Craisse gezogen werden.

In Franckfurt : An tag gegeben und verlegt durch Matth. Merian, [1648?]

[6], 3-118, [10] p., 43 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps, plans ; 39 cm

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in quarter leather and paste paper boards; edges untrimmed. Title label written in ms on spine. Similarly bound with the BAC copies of other titles in the Topographia Germaniae series (D917.Z45 T67+).

The dedication is dated 1648.

Collection of views and maps of the cities and towns of Franconia. 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).

Beschreibung vnd eÿgentliche contrafactur der vornembsten stätte vnd plätz des Franckenlandes vnd deren die zú dem hochlöblichen fränkischen craisse gezogen werden.

German

September 26, 2014