![MERIAN, Matthaeus (1593-1650) and Martin ZEILLER (1589-1661). Topographia Superioris Saxoniae, Thuringiae, Misniae, Lusatiae, etc. Frankfurt: Matthaeus Merian, 1650. [Bound with:] – Topographia Saxoniae Inferioris. Frankfurt: Mattheus Merian, 1653.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2015/CKS/2015_CKS_10455_0151_000(merian_matthaeus_and_martin_zeiller_topographia_superioris_saxoniae_th090711).jpg?w=1)
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MERIAN, Matthaeus (1593-1650) and Martin ZEILLER (1589-1661). Topographia Superioris Saxoniae, Thuringiae, Misniae, Lusatiae, etc. Frankfurt: Matthaeus Merian, 1650. [Bound with:] – Topographia Saxoniae Inferioris. Frankfurt: Mattheus Merian, 1653.
2 volumes in one, 4° (335 x 210mm). Superior: engraved title, and 86 (of 87) views, maps and plans, on 61 engraved plates (of 62, lacking view 82: the gardens at Weimar); Inferior: engraved title, and 57 engraved views, maps and plans, on 40 engraved plates. (Occasional light browning, occasional short marginal tears some with early repairs.) Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, brass clasps and catches, spine with raised bands, compartments ruled and tooled in gilt, later red and green lettering pieces, edges green (some soiling). Provenance: Franciscus Pancratius Maÿ (17th-century title signature) – Johann Hegner (hand-coloured bookplate) – Bernhard von der Becke (d.1852; title stamp) – Saxon State and University Library Dresden (deaccession stamp).
FIRST EDITIONS. With fine views of Dresden, Gotha, Meissen, Weimar, Hamburg, Bremen, Lubeck and others. Wüthrich IV, 55 and 60.
2 volumes in one, 4° (335 x 210mm). Superior: engraved title, and 86 (of 87) views, maps and plans, on 61 engraved plates (of 62, lacking view 82: the gardens at Weimar); Inferior: engraved title, and 57 engraved views, maps and plans, on 40 engraved plates. (Occasional light browning, occasional short marginal tears some with early repairs.) Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, brass clasps and catches, spine with raised bands, compartments ruled and tooled in gilt, later red and green lettering pieces, edges green (some soiling). Provenance: Franciscus Pancratius Maÿ (17th-century title signature) – Johann Hegner (hand-coloured bookplate) – Bernhard von der Becke (d.1852; title stamp) – Saxon State and University Library Dresden (deaccession stamp).
FIRST EDITIONS. With fine views of Dresden, Gotha, Meissen, Weimar, Hamburg, Bremen, Lubeck and others. Wüthrich IV, 55 and 60.
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