A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Diessenhoven.
[Frankfurt, Matthias Merian, 1642.]
Copper engraving. Sheet 180 x 280mm, 7 x 11". Trimmed inside to plate mark, some damage on bottom.
Plan of Diessenhofen, in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland, published in the 'Topographia Helvetia'.
[Ref: 16474] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Frankfurt, Matthias Merian, 1642.]
Copper engraving. Sheet 180 x 280mm, 7 x 11". Trimmed inside to plate mark, some damage on bottom.
Plan of Diessenhofen, in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland, published in the 'Topographia Helvetia'.
[Ref: 16474] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Xuntien alias Quinzay.
[Frankfurt: Matthias Merian, c.1655.]
Engraving. 180 x 255mm (7 x 10"), with very large margins.
An early map of the Chinese city of Quinzay (Hangchow), based on Marco Polo's account of China in the late 12th Century, when it was the capital of the Sung Dynasty. Polo's usual exaggerated account tells of 12,000 bridges, a massive network of canals the large 'Western Lake' 30 miles in diameter with island pavilions and palaces.
[Ref: 55450] £220.00
[Frankfurt: Matthias Merian, c.1655.]
Engraving. 180 x 255mm (7 x 10"), with very large margins.
An early map of the Chinese city of Quinzay (Hangchow), based on Marco Polo's account of China in the late 12th Century, when it was the capital of the Sung Dynasty. Polo's usual exaggerated account tells of 12,000 bridges, a massive network of canals the large 'Western Lake' 30 miles in diameter with island pavilions and palaces.
[Ref: 55450] £220.00
The High Borne Prince Iames Duke of Yorke. borne October= the 13 1633.
[Pub June 10 1800 by WRichardson No 31 Strand.]
Engraving. Sheet: 140 x 200mm (5½ x 8"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line, and tipped into album sheet.
A portrait of the young Prince James (1633-1701), Duke of York and later James II, probably aged about eleven, standing on a tennis court, holding a tennis racket, while figures watch from the gallery. A re-engraved copy of the portrait published by Matthäus Merian c.1645. Merian's plate was later acquired by Thomas Jenner, a publisher at the Royal Exchange who added his name under the neatline.
[Ref: 42130] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Pub June 10 1800 by WRichardson No 31 Strand.]
Engraving. Sheet: 140 x 200mm (5½ x 8"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line, and tipped into album sheet.
A portrait of the young Prince James (1633-1701), Duke of York and later James II, probably aged about eleven, standing on a tennis court, holding a tennis racket, while figures watch from the gallery. A re-engraved copy of the portrait published by Matthäus Merian c.1645. Merian's plate was later acquired by Thomas Jenner, a publisher at the Royal Exchange who added his name under the neatline.
[Ref: 42130] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The High Borne Prince Iames Duke of Yorke. borne October= the 13 1633.
Pub June 10 1800 by WRichardson No 31 Strand.
Engraving. 225 x 150mm (8¾ x 6"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate lower right.
A portrait of the young Prince James (1633-1701), Duke of York and later James II, probably aged about eleven, standing on a real tennis court, holding a real tennis racket, while figures watch from the gallery. A late eighteenth century copy of portrait engraved and published by Matthäus Merian c.1645. Merian's plate was later acquired by Thomas Jenner, a publisher at the Royal Exchange who added his name under the neatline, although it has been removed here.
[Ref: 56651] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pub June 10 1800 by WRichardson No 31 Strand.
Engraving. 225 x 150mm (8¾ x 6"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate lower right.
A portrait of the young Prince James (1633-1701), Duke of York and later James II, probably aged about eleven, standing on a real tennis court, holding a real tennis racket, while figures watch from the gallery. A late eighteenth century copy of portrait engraved and published by Matthäus Merian c.1645. Merian's plate was later acquired by Thomas Jenner, a publisher at the Royal Exchange who added his name under the neatline, although it has been removed here.
[Ref: 56651] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Moscva.
[by Matthaus Merian.]
[Frankfurt: W. Hoffmans, c.1638.]
Etched map. Sheet 270 x 355mm (10¾ x 14"). Trimmed to printed border.
A 17th century map of Moscow presented as a bird's-eye view, published in Merian's ''Newe Archontologia Cosmica''.
[Ref: 54736] £350.00
[by Matthaus Merian.]
[Frankfurt: W. Hoffmans, c.1638.]
Etched map. Sheet 270 x 355mm (10¾ x 14"). Trimmed to printed border.
A 17th century map of Moscow presented as a bird's-eye view, published in Merian's ''Newe Archontologia Cosmica''.
[Ref: 54736] £350.00
Stein Am Rhein.
[Frankfurt, Matthias Merian, 1642.]
Copper engraving. Sheet 205 x 310mm, 8 x 12¼". Trimmed close to plate mark.
Plan of Stein Am Rhein, in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland., published in the 'Topographia Helvetia'.
[Ref: 16479] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Frankfurt, Matthias Merian, 1642.]
Copper engraving. Sheet 205 x 310mm, 8 x 12¼". Trimmed close to plate mark.
Plan of Stein Am Rhein, in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland., published in the 'Topographia Helvetia'.
[Ref: 16479] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Matthäus Merian I, 1643]
Engraving, sheet 275 x 170mm (10¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed to image; creasing.
Frontispiece to the second part of 'Topographia Germaniae' (1642-1660s), a series of volumes depicting, in thirty-eight parts, the topography of Germany.
[Ref: 46386] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[Matthäus Merian I, 1643]
Engraving, sheet 275 x 170mm (10¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed to image; creasing.
Frontispiece to the second part of 'Topographia Germaniae' (1642-1660s), a series of volumes depicting, in thirty-eight parts, the topography of Germany.
[Ref: 46386] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)