Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Topographia Galliae...Königreich Franckreich [Part 1]

Illustrated by: Matthäus Merian I (German, 1593–1650)
After: Jan Peeters, I (Netherlandish, 1624–before 1680)
Author: Martin Zeiller (German, 1589–1661)
Printer: Kaspar Merian (German, 1627–1686)
1655
Place of Publication: Frankfurt, Germany

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with engraved title and 114 engravings
Dimensions Overall: 32.8 x 21.2 x 5.5 cm (12 15/16 x 8 3/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number25.708
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Frankfurt: Kaspar Merian, 1655

Catalogue Raisonné Brunet V, 1530; VD17 3:003575F; Berlin 1924.17 (Gallia, pt. 1 only); Nat. Gallery, Millard Coll., v. 3, cat. 84
Description(Frankfurt: Kaspar Merian, 1655) Folio; 55 leaves,plus plates [lacking letterpress title and dedication]; contemporary vellum, dark blue cloth box.

Maps, topographic views, and views of individual buildings and sites in the Ile de France, especially Paris.
ProvenanceHoratio Greenough Curtis; his widow, by whom given to the MFA, April 1925.