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Merian, Matthäus

(1593 - 1650)

Merian, Matthäus

Matthäus Merian der Ältere ("the Elder", or "Sr.") (22 September 1593 - 19 June 1650) was a notable Swiss engraver.

Born in Basel, he learned the art of copperplate engraving in Zurich and subsequently worked and studied in Strasbourg, Nancy, and Paris, before returning to Basel in 1615. The following year he moved to Frankfurt, Germany where he worked for the publisher Johann Theodor de Bry, whose daughter Maria Magdalena he married in 1617. In 1620 they moved back to Basel, only to return three years later to Frankfurt, where Merian took over the publishing house of his father-in-law after de Bry's death in 1623. 1626 he became a citizen of Frankfurt and could henceforth work as an independent publisher. Matthäus Merian died after several years of illness in 1650 in Bad Schwalbach near Wiesbaden.

He spent most of his working life in Frankfurt. Already early in his life he produced detailed town plans in his unique style, e.g. the plan of Basel from 1615. With Martin Zeiler (1589 - 1661), a German geographer, and later (circa 1640) with his own son, Matthäus Merian (der Jüngere, i.e. "the Younger" or "Jr.") (1621 - 1687), he produced a series of Topographia consisting of 21 volumes, collectively known as the Topographia Germaniae. It includes a very large number of town plans and views as well as maps of most countries and a World Map—a very popular work issued in many editions. He also took over and completed the later parts and editions of the Grand Voyages and Petits Voyages originally started by de Bry in 1590

Important works:
Archontologia
Topographia
Theatrum Europaeum.

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Merian, Matthäus: Lotharingia ducatus; Vúlgo Lorraine.

Frankfurt. 1695. copper engraving.
size: 28x36 cm.
page: 32x37 cm.

price: 47.37 EURO

Merian, Matthäus: Lotharingia ducatus;  Vúlgo Lorraine

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Merian, Matthäus: Sabaudia Ducatus Savoye.

Frankfurt. 1695. copper engraving.
size: 27x36 cm.
page: 32x37 cm.
stained.

price: 47.37 EURO

Merian, Matthäus: Sabaudia Ducatus Savoye

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Merian, Matthäus: Utriusque Burgundiae, tum Ducatus tum Comitatus Descriptio.

Frankfurt. 1695. copper engraving.
size: 27x36 cm.
page: 32x37 cm.
stained.

price: 47.37 EURO

Merian, Matthäus: Utriusque Burgundiae, tum Ducatus tum Comitatus Descriptio

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Merian, Matthäus: Hungaria Regnum.

Frankfurt. 1638. copper engraving.
size: 26x31 cm.
page: 31x37 cm.
in green paspartu.

price: 157.89 EURO

Merian, Matthäus: Hungaria Regnum

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Merian, Mätthaus: Sedes Belli Dano. Suecici.

1667. copper engraving.
size: 31x38 cm.
page: 35x40 cm.

price: 78.95 EURO

2db 1mm lyuk.Hajtogatás nyom.
Merian, Mätthaus: Sedes Belli Dano. Suecici

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Merian, Matthäus: Groninga (Gröningen , Hollandia).

Frankfurt. 1695. copper engraving.
size: 29x35 cm.
page: 32x36 cm.

price: 47.37 EURO

trimmed/körülvágva.
Merian, Matthäus: Groninga (Gröningen , Hollandia)

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Merian, Matthäus: Campia. Campen.

Frankfurt. 1695. copper engraving.
size: 21x32 cm.
page: 31x36 cm.

price: 47.37 EURO

at the bottom, outside the picture 4 cm split and outside picture there are marks
alul, a képmezőn kívül 4 cm szakadás, a képmezőn kívül foltos.
Merian, Matthäus: Campia. Campen

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Merian, Matthäus: Enckhuysen.

Frankfurt. 1695. copper engraving.
size: 24x28 cm.
page: 32x36 cm.

price: 47.37 EURO

outside picture there are small marks
a képmezőn kívül kisebb foltok.
Merian, Matthäus: Enckhuysen

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Merian, Matthäus: Zutphania.

Frankfurt. 1695. copper engraving.
size: 25x28 cm.
page: 32x37 cm.

price: 47.37 EURO

stained/foltos.
Merian, Matthäus: Zutphania

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Merian, Matthäus: Dordracum, Briela.

Frankfurt. 1695. copper engraving.
size: 29x25 cm.
page: 32x36 cm.

price: 47.37 EURO

little marks outside the picture.
a képmezőn kívül kisebb foltok.
Merian, Matthäus: Dordracum, Briela

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Merian, Matthäus: Algier.

Frankfurt. 1695. copper engraving.
size: 22x34 cm.
page: 32x36 cm.
in claret paspartu.

price: 118.42 EURO

stained/foltos.
Merian, Matthäus: Algier

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Merian, Matthäus: Brema.

Frankfurt. 1695. copper engraving.
size: 28x36 cm.
page: 33x37 cm.

price: 63.16 EURO

Merian, Matthäus: Brema

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Merian, Matthäus: Mainz.

Frankfurt. 1695. copper engraving.
size: 27x35 cm.
page: 33x36 cm.

price: 94.74 EURO

foltos/marked.
Merian, Matthäus: Mainz

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Merian, Matthäus: Erfurt.

Frankfurt. 1695. copper engraving.
size: 23x32 cm.
page: 33x35 cm.

price: 94.74 EURO

a képmezőn kívül foltos/marked outside the picture.
Merian, Matthäus: Erfurt

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Merian, Matthäus: Franckenthal.

Frankfurt. 1695. copper engraving.
size: 23x25 cm.
page: 33x36 cm.

price: 63.16 EURO

a képmezőn kívül foltos/marked outside the picture.
Merian, Matthäus: Franckenthal

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Merian, Matthäus: Wesel.

Frankfurt. 1695. copper engraving.
size: 20x32 cm.
page: 33x36 cm.

price: 23.68 EURO

foltos, középen fent lyukas
marked, hole at the middle top.
Merian, Matthäus: Wesel

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Merian, Matthäus: Abbildung deß kayßerlichen und churfürstlichen Banquets. auff dem Römer in Franckfurt. den 22. July/1. Augusti A. 1658.

Frankfurt. 1693. copper engraving.
size: 25x34 cm.
page: 33x38 cm.
intact margin.

price: 39.47 EURO

Merian, Matthäus: Abbildung deß kayßerlichen und churfürstlichen Banquets. auff dem Römer in Franckfurt. den 22. July/1. Augusti A. 1658

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Merian, Matthäus: Silvanectum Senlis Lemovicum Limoges.

Frankfurt. 1695. copper engraving.
size: 19x31 cm.
page: 32x36 cm.
stained.

price: 47.37 EURO

Merian, Matthäus: Silvanectum Senlis Lemovicum Limoges

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Merian, Matthäus: Cales Calais Duynkerke (Dunkerque).

Frankfurt. 1695. copper engraving.
size: 21x29 cm.
page: 32x38 cm.
minimaly stained.

price: 65.79 EURO

Merian, Matthäus: Cales Calais Duynkerke (Dunkerque)

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Merian, Matthäus: Nanceium Nancy.

Frankfurt. 1695. copper engraving.
size: 23x35 cm.
page: 32x37 cm.
minimaly stained.

price: 73.68 EURO

Merian, Matthäus: Nanceium Nancy

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Merian, Matthäus: Xuntien alias Quinzay (Hangchow).

Frankfurt. ca 1650. copper engraving.
size: 18x25 cm.
page: 32x37 cm.
stained outside the picture.

price: 94.74 EURO

A handsome bird's eye view of 'Xuntien', the modern city of Hangchow, one of the seven ancient capitals of China. The city, surrounded by a lake was, as this print shows with its many ships, large and...
Merian, Matthäus: Xuntien alias Quinzay (Hangchow)

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Merian, Matthäus: ANGRAE URBIS TERCERAE QUE INSULARUM QUAS AZORES VOCANT.

Frankfurt. 1646. copper engraving.
size: 21x32 cm.
page: 32x37 cm.
stained outside the picture.

price: 118.42 EURO

Merian, Matthäus: ANGRAE URBIS TERCERAE QUE INSULARUM QUAS AZORES VOCANT

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Merian, Matthäus: Obsidio Civitatis Lindavien. ( Lindau) Bodeni tó, Bodensee.

1647. copper engraving.
size: 22x38 cm.
page: 30x40 cm.

price: 118.42 EURO

Merian, Matthäus: Obsidio Civitatis Lindavien. ( Lindau) Bodeni tó, Bodensee
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