Matthäus Merian (b1593) - hand coloured folio: Snakes, Vipers - 1657

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Et håndfarvet folio-tryk af Matthäus Merian den ældre (f. 1593) med titlen Matthäus Merian (b1593) - håndfarvet folio: Snakes, Vipers, udgivet i Amsterdam i 1657, enkelt kopi, mål 32,7 × 20,1 cm, stand Fair.

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Illustrates various snakes, including species labeled as "Aspis" (Viper) and others based on 17th-century classifications.

369 year old folio engraving by Matheus Merian and issued in Jon Jonston's Historia Naturalis..., Published in Amsterdam in 1657.

Matthäus Merian der Ältere (or "Matthew", "the Elder", or "Sr."; 22 September 1593 - 19 June 1650) was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house.

Born in Basel, Merian learned the art of copperplate engraving in Zürich. He next 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, who was the son of renowned engraver and traveler Theodor de Bry.

Early in his life, he had created detailed town plans in his unique style, e.g. the plan of Basel (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. It includes numerous town plans and views, as well as maps of most countries and a World Map—it was such a popular work. 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.

Condition: Fair. Left margin tight. Vertical crease to leaf. Minor surface stain, more marked to margin. Fingering to lower right corner. Please view images closely for overall condition.

Sælger's Historie

Efter at have studeret ved Oxford University i begyndelsen af 1980'erne var jeg så heldig at lære om den sjældne bog- og trykhandel ved at kaste rundt på Londons markeder og auktionshuse på et tidspunkt, hvor det stadig var helt muligt at opdage "det fund". På samme måde var jeg i stand til at finpudse mine specialistinteresser inden for illustreret naturhistorie, mytologi og videnskab, noget, som jeg håber stadig afspejles i de emner, jeg tilbyder. Målet er at tilbyde det sjældne, interessante, usædvanlige, smukke og mærkelige, fra mestergraveringer til udsøgte folioer. Så i det mindste håber vi, at dit besøg på stedet vil være en givende og oplysende oplevelse! Daniel Good Rare Books
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Illustrates various snakes, including species labeled as "Aspis" (Viper) and others based on 17th-century classifications.

369 year old folio engraving by Matheus Merian and issued in Jon Jonston's Historia Naturalis..., Published in Amsterdam in 1657.

Matthäus Merian der Ältere (or "Matthew", "the Elder", or "Sr."; 22 September 1593 - 19 June 1650) was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house.

Born in Basel, Merian learned the art of copperplate engraving in Zürich. He next 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, who was the son of renowned engraver and traveler Theodor de Bry.

Early in his life, he had created detailed town plans in his unique style, e.g. the plan of Basel (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. It includes numerous town plans and views, as well as maps of most countries and a World Map—it was such a popular work. 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.

Condition: Fair. Left margin tight. Vertical crease to leaf. Minor surface stain, more marked to margin. Fingering to lower right corner. Please view images closely for overall condition.

Sælger's Historie

Efter at have studeret ved Oxford University i begyndelsen af 1980'erne var jeg så heldig at lære om den sjældne bog- og trykhandel ved at kaste rundt på Londons markeder og auktionshuse på et tidspunkt, hvor det stadig var helt muligt at opdage "det fund". På samme måde var jeg i stand til at finpudse mine specialistinteresser inden for illustreret naturhistorie, mytologi og videnskab, noget, som jeg håber stadig afspejles i de emner, jeg tilbyder. Målet er at tilbyde det sjældne, interessante, usædvanlige, smukke og mærkelige, fra mestergraveringer til udsøgte folioer. Så i det mindste håber vi, at dit besøg på stedet vil være en givende og oplysende oplevelse! Daniel Good Rare Books
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Matthäus Merian (b1593) - hand coloured folio: Snakes, Vipers
Stand
Rimelig
Udgivelsesår ældste artikel
1657
Højde
32,7 cm
Bredde
20,1 cm
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9513
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