ZEILLER, Martin Topographia Galliae, dat is, een Algemeene en naeukeurige lant en plaets-beschrijvinghe van het machtige koninckrijck Vranckryck (...). 1660-1663Amsterdam,Wid. J. Broersz. & C. Merian [- C. Meriaen, B. & J.J. Appelaer],4 vol.,...
Estimation :
4000 / 5000
Adjudication :
6500 €
Description
folio, contemp. vellum (small traces of use, some light stains), blind rules and tools on covers, hand titled spines on 6 raised bands, [6]-374-[6], [2]-184-[4], [2]-420-]4], [2]-473-[5] pp. (a few small stains, some ff. or quires brown., esp. in parts III & IV, some sm. marg. tears). Good copy with plates in very good impression and mounted on stubs.
New, revised and enlarged ed. (1st ed. in German 1655-1661), profusely illustrated by Matthaüs Merian : 4 different ill. titlepages, 18 folding maps including 1 general map of France and 306 pl., most doublepaged, some folding, some representing more than 1 view. Magnificent iconography of the 17th c. France, picturing around 400 perspective or bird's eye views of sites, cities, castles, abbeys, churches, fortifications... Complete with the 2 large panoramic views and the 2 folding maps of Paris, also containing large views of Bordeaux, Lyon, Rouen, Metz, Reims, Troyes, Dijon, Nevers, Marseille... *** Splendide iconographie de la France du XVIIe s., comprenant 4 titres illustrés, 18 cartes dépliantes dont 1 carte générale et 306 planches, pour la plupart dépliantes, figurant près de 400 vues. Complet des 2 grandes et belles vues panoramiques et des 2 plans de Paris.
New, revised and enlarged ed. (1st ed. in German 1655-1661), profusely illustrated by Matthaüs Merian : 4 different ill. titlepages, 18 folding maps including 1 general map of France and 306 pl., most doublepaged, some folding, some representing more than 1 view. Magnificent iconography of the 17th c. France, picturing around 400 perspective or bird's eye views of sites, cities, castles, abbeys, churches, fortifications... Complete with the 2 large panoramic views and the 2 folding maps of Paris, also containing large views of Bordeaux, Lyon, Rouen, Metz, Reims, Troyes, Dijon, Nevers, Marseille... *** Splendide iconographie de la France du XVIIe s., comprenant 4 titres illustrés, 18 cartes dépliantes dont 1 carte générale et 306 planches, pour la plupart dépliantes, figurant près de 400 vues. Complet des 2 grandes et belles vues panoramiques et des 2 plans de Paris.
