CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES FRANCE 1655 MERIAN ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED CITY PLAN ANTIQUE ORIGINAL CITY PLAN OF CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES 1655 old times rare books and maps old times rare books and maps (19782) 100% positiveSeller's other itemsSeller's other itemsContact seller US $46.00 CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES FRANCE 1655 MERIAN ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED CITY PLAN Description Charleville, Sur le Bord de la Meuze dans la Principaute Suueraine Darches. Description: Striking and highly detailed interesting 1655 Matthдus & Caspar Merian's copper engraved plan of Charleville-Mezieres, France. The plan shows the city with his buildings, churches, town walls, Meuse river and surrounding landscape. Two coat of arms, several sailing ships and a block-style cartouche complete the map. Source: MERIAN, Matheus - ZEILLER, Martin. Topographia Galliж, sive Descriptio et delineatio famosissimorum Loocorum in potentissimo Regno Galliж: partim ex usu & optimis Scriptoribus diversarum Linguarum, partim ex Relationibus fide dignis per aliquot annos collectis, in ordinem redacta, & publico data, per Martinum Zeillerum. Frankfurti: Cura et impedio Caspari Meriani, Anno M DC LV [1655]. Date: 1655 ( undated ) Dimension: Plate size approx.: cm 37,3 x 30,3 Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Paper with chains and wiremarks. Map uncolored. Wide margins. Small foxing. Small hole to the lower left side. Sheet folded. Conditions are as you can see in the images. Mapmaker: Matthдus Merian (September 22, 1593 - June 19, 1650), sometimes referred to as 'the Elder' to distinguish from his son, was an important Swiss engraver and cartographer active in the early to mid 17th century. Merian was born in Basel and studied engraving in the centers of Zurich, Strasbourg, Nancy and Paris. In time Merian was drawn to the publishing mecca of Frankfurt, where he met Johann Theodor de Bry, son of the famed publisher Theodor de Bry (1528 - 1598) . Merian and De Bry produced a number of important joint works and, in 1617, Merian married De Bry's daughter Maria Magdalena. In 1623 De Bry died and Merian inherited the family firm. Merian continued to publish under the De Bry's name until 1626. Around this time, Merian became a citizen of Frankfurt as such could legally work as an independent publisher. The De Bry name is therefore dropped from all of Merian's subsequent work. Of this corpus, which is substantial, Merian is best known for his finely engraved and highly detailed town plans and city views. Merian is considered one of the grand masters of the city view and a pioneer of the axonometric projection. Merian died in 1650 following several years of illness. He was succeeded in the publishing business by his two sons, Matthдus (1621 - 1687) and Caspar (1627 - 1686), who published his great works, the Topographia and Theatrum Eruopeaum, under the designation Merian Erben (Merian Heirs). Merian daughter, Anna Maria Sibylla Merian, became an important naturalist and illustrator. Today the German Travel Magazine Merian is named after the famous engraver. Caspar Merian (* February 13, 1627 in Frankfurt am Main ; † April 12, 1686 Schloss Waltha, West Frisia ) was one of the most important topographical engravers and publishers of the Baroque period. He came from the Frankfurt-based branch of the Basel Merian family. Caspar Merian was a son and student of the engraver Matthдus Merian the Elder. Д. (1593–1650) and his wife Maria Magdalena nйe de Bry. As an employee of his father, he worked temporarily in Paris and Nuremberg. After the death of his father, he ran the Frankfurt publishing house together with his brother Matthдus d. J. Both continued the publication of the main works begun by their father, the Topographia Germaniae and the Theatrum Europaeum, and produced numerous other engravings for them. In 1672, on medical advice, Merian retired to Wertheim. In 1677 he moved to West Friesland and joined the radical Protestant faith community of the Labadists, with whom he lived until his death. In 1685 he also took in his half-sister Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), her mother Johanna Catharina Sibylla, nйe Heim, and his sister's two daughters at his Waltha Castle. Антикварная гравюра с планом укреплённого города Шарлевиль на реке Маас (Meuse) во Франции Эффектный и очень детализированный план Шарлевиль-Мезьера (Charleville-Mezieres, Франция), выполненный Маттеусом и Каспаром Мерианом в технике медной гравюры в 1655 году. с титром «Charleville, sur le bord de la Meuze, dans la Principautй Souveraine d’Arches» в верхней части листа. Изображён детальный генеральный план идеального города XVII века с бастионными укреплениями, кварталами, площадями, садами и промаркированными ключевыми зданиями, а также окрестными полями и загородными резиденциями. Вдоль обоих берегов реки показаны суда, на полях — мелкие фигурки, что придаёт листу живость и документальную ценность. Гравюра выполнена в технике медной резьбы, характерной для европейских картографических изданий середины XVII века, с чёткой штриховкой и изящным картушем с гербом. Лист сохранён в хорошем коллекционном состоянии: бумага с естественной патиной времени, видим след старой центральной фальцовки от переплёта атласа, поля сохранены, без утрат изображённой части. Идеальный предмет для коллекционеров старых планов городов, истории Арденн или украшения интерьера в классическом стиле Источник: MERIAN, Matheus - ZEILLER, Martin. Topographia Galliж, sive Descriptio et delineatio famosissimorum Loocorum in potentissimo Regno Galliж: partim ex usu & optimis Scriptoribus diversarum Linguarum, partim ex Relationibus fide dignis per aliquot annos collectis, in ordinem redacta, & publico data, per Martinum Zeillerum. Frankfurti: Cura et impedio Caspari Meriani, Anno M DC LV [1655]. Дата: 1655 ( недатированная ) Размер листа.: cm 37,3 x 30,3 Очень чёткий и глубокий оттиск на бумаге верже. Карта нераскрашенная. Широкие поля. Небольшие пятнышки (foxing). Маленькое отверстие в нижней левой части. Издательстский фальц Автор карты: Маттеус Мериан (22 сентября 1593 – 19 июня 1650), которого иногда называют «Старшим» для отличия от сына, был важным швейцарским гравёром и картографом первой половины XVII века. Из его большого наследия наибольшую известность принесли тщательно гравированные планы городов и городские виды. Мериан считается одним из великих мастеров городского вида и одним из пионеров аксонометрической проекции. Каспар Мериан (13 февраля 1627, Франкфурт-на-Майне – 12 апреля 1686, замок Вальта, Западная Фрисландия) был одним из важнейших топографических гравёров и издателей барокко. 10073 CHATEAU DE SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE FRANCE 1655 MERIAN ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED VIEW ANTIQUE VIEW OF CHATEAU DE SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE 1655 old times rare books and maps old times rare books and maps (19782) 100% positiveSeller's other itemsSeller's other itemsContact seller US $54.00 CHATEAU DE SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE FRANCE 1655 MERIAN ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED VIEW Description Les Chasteaux Royaux de St. Germain en Laye. Description: Striking and highly detailed interesting 1655 Matthдus & Caspar Merian's copper engraved view of Chateu de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, a former royal palace in the commune of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in the departement of Yvelines, France. The view shows the castle, gardens, town walls, river, churches and surrounding landscape. Two coat of arms, several inhabitants and two numbered keys on the both sides complete the map. Source: MERIAN, Matheus - ZEILLER, Martin. Topographia Galliж, sive Descriptio et delineatio famosissimorum Loocorum in potentissimo Regno Galliж: partim ex usu & optimis Scriptoribus diversarum Linguarum, partim ex Relationibus fide dignis per aliquot annos collectis, in ordinem redacta, & publico data, per Martinum Zeillerum. Frankfurti: Cura et impedio Caspari Meriani, Anno M DC LV [1655]. Date: 1655 ( undated ) Dimension: Plate size approx.: cm 38,5 x 30,3 Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Paper with chains and wiremarks. Map uncolored. Wide margins. Small foxing. Sheet folded. Conditions are as you can see in the images. Mapmaker: Matthдus Merian (September 22, 1593 - June 19, 1650), sometimes referred to as 'the Elder' to distinguish from his son, was an important Swiss engraver and cartographer active in the early to mid 17th century. Merian was born in Basel and studied engraving in the centers of Zurich, Strasbourg, Nancy and Paris. In time Merian was drawn to the publishing mecca of Frankfurt, where he met Johann Theodor de Bry, son of the famed publisher Theodor de Bry (1528 - 1598) . Merian and De Bry produced a number of important joint works and, in 1617, Merian married De Bry's daughter Maria Magdalena. In 1623 De Bry died and Merian inherited the family firm. Merian continued to publish under the De Bry's name until 1626. Around this time, Merian became a citizen of Frankfurt as such could legally work as an independent publisher. The De Bry name is therefore dropped from all of Merian's subsequent work. Of this corpus, which is substantial, Merian is best known for his finely engraved and highly detailed town plans and city views. Merian is considered one of the grand masters of the city view and a pioneer of the axonometric projection. Merian died in 1650 following several years of illness. He was succeeded in the publishing business by his two sons, Matthдus (1621 - 1687) and Caspar (1627 - 1686), who published his great works, the Topographia and Theatrum Eruopeaum, under the designation Merian Erben (Merian Heirs). Merian daughter, Anna Maria Sibylla Merian, became an important naturalist and illustrator. Today the German Travel Magazine Merian is named after the famous engraver. Caspar Merian (* February 13, 1627 in Frankfurt am Main ; † April 12, 1686 Schloss Waltha, West Frisia ) was one of the most important topographical engravers and publishers of the Baroque period. He came from the Frankfurt-based branch of the Basel Merian family. Caspar Merian was a son and student of the engraver Matthдus Merian the Elder. Д. (1593–1650) and his wife Maria Magdalena nйe de Bry. As an employee of his father, he worked temporarily in Paris and Nuremberg. After the death of his father, he ran the Frankfurt publishing house together with his brother Matthдus d. J. Both continued the publication of the main works begun by their father, the Topographia Germaniae and the Theatrum Europaeum, and produced numerous other engravings for them. In 1672, on medical advice, Merian retired to Wertheim. In 1677 he moved to West Friesland and joined the radical Protestant faith community of the Labadists, with whom he lived until his death. In 1685 he also took in his half-sister Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), her mother Johanna Catharina Sibylla, nйe Heim, and his sister's two daughters at his Waltha Castle.