Topographia Germaniae

Topographia Germaniae (1642 – c. 1660s) is a multi-volume series of books created by engraver Matthäus Merian and writer Martin Zeiler, and published in Frankfurt in 38 parts.[1] Engravers Wenceslaus Hollar,[2] Caspar Merian, and Matthäus Merian Jr. also contributed illustrations.[1] In the 1960s Bärenreiter-Verlag reproduced the work.[3]

Topographia Germaniae
Title page of Topographia Bavariae, 1665; part of Topographia Germaniae series
AuthorMartin Zeiler
IllustratorCaspar Merian, Matthäus Merian Jr.
CountryFrankfurt
LanguageGerman language
PublisherMatthäus Merian (engraver, 17th century), Bärenreiter-Verlag (republisher, 19th century)
Media type38 volume series of books

Volumes
  • Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae. 1642.
    • Contents: Switzerland; index
  • Zeiller, Martin; Ältere), Matthaeus Merian (der (1643). Topographia Sueviae.
  • Zeiller, Martin (1644). Topographia Alsatiae.
  • Topographia Bavariae. 1644.
  • Topographia Palatinatus Rheni et Vicinarum Regionum. 1645.
    • Contents: Rhine Palatinate; index
  • Topographia Archiepiscopatuum Moguntinensis, Trevirensis et Coloniensis. 1646.
    • Contents: Archdioceses of Mainz, Trier and Cologne; index
  • Ältere), Matthaeus Merian (der (1646). Topographia Hassiae et Regionum Vicinarum.
  • Topographia Westphaliae. 1647.
  • Ältere), Matthaeus Merian (der (1648). Topographia Franconiae.
  • Zeiller, Martin (1649). Topographia Provinciarum Austriacarum Austriae, Styriae, Carinthiae, Carniolae, Tyrolis.
  • Topographia Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae. 1650.
  • Topographia Superioris Saxoniae, Thüringiae, Misniae et Lusatiae. 1650.
  • Topographia Electoratus Brandenburgici et Ducatus Pomeraniae. 1652.
  • Topographia Saxoniae Inferioris. 1653.
  • Topographia und Eigentliche Beschreibung Der ... Hertzogthumer Braunschweig und Lüneburg. 1654.
    • Contents: Brunswick and Lüneburg
  • Zeiller, Martin (1654). Topographia Circuli Burgundici.
    • Contents: Burgundy, including Brussels etc.; index

References
  1. J.M. Ritchie (1962). "German Books in Glasgow and Edinburgh, 1500-1750". Modern Language Review. 57 (4): 523–540. doi:10.2307/3720465. JSTOR 3720465.
  2. Fairman, Elisabeth (April 2001), Yale University Library Gazette, 75, Yale University, pp. 110–144, JSTOR 40859251
  3. C. Koeman (1964). "An Increase in Facsimile Reprints". Imago Mundi. 18: 87–88. doi:10.1080/03085696408592250. JSTOR 1150386.

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