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MERIAN, Matthaeus (1593-1650) and Martin ZEILER (1589-1661). Topographia Braunschweig und Lüneburg. Frankfurt: Matthaeus Merian's heirs, 1654 (but probably after 1700). 4° (332 x 198mm). Engraved title, 2 double-page tables and 135 engraved views, maps and plans, some folding. (Title soiled, spotting throughout, occasional browning, repair at inner margin of title and last quire, plate following Cc4 on a stub.) 19th-century or early 20th-century German mottled leather, spine gilt (corners bumped, extremities lightly rubbed).
MERIAN, Matthaeus (1593-1650) and Martin ZEILER (1589-1661). Topographia Braunschweig und Lüneburg. Frankfurt: Matthaeus Merian's heirs, 1654 (but probably after 1700). 4° (332 x 198mm). Engraved title, 2 double-page tables and 135 engraved views, maps and plans, some folding. (Title soiled, spotting throughout, occasional browning, repair at inner margin of title and last quire, plate following Cc4 on a stub.) 19th-century or early 20th-century German mottled leather, spine gilt (corners bumped, extremities lightly rubbed).

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MERIAN, Matthaeus (1593-1650) and Martin ZEILER (1589-1661). Topographia Braunschweig und Lüneburg. Frankfurt: Matthaeus Merian's heirs, 1654 (but probably after 1700). 4° (332 x 198mm). Engraved title, 2 double-page tables and 135 engraved views, maps and plans, some folding. (Title soiled, spotting throughout, occasional browning, repair at inner margin of title and last quire, plate following Cc4 on a stub.) 19th-century or early 20th-century German mottled leather, spine gilt (corners bumped, extremities lightly rubbed).

Fourth edition. 'The most comprehensive and extensively illustrated' of the 21 volume set collectively known as the Topographia Germaniae. Wüthrich IV, 66 and p. 382.

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