Matthäus Merian (1593-1650)

3 PLANS AND 4 VEDUTE OF BOHEMIAN TOWNS

Mid-17th century
Copperplate engravings on paper, similar sizes 14.5x17.5 cm (27.5x37 cm) – 21x33 cm (32x36.5 cm). I. + II.: Brandýs nad Labem and Kolín, siege by Swedish troops ca 1640. Signed in print "Carlo Cappi Ingenieur delineavit". III.: Klatovy, view of the town at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. From the work Das jetzlebende Königreich Böhmen, Mauritius Vogt, 1712. IV.: Slaný, panoramic view, Merian Matthäus, 17th century. V. + VI.: Louny and Kolín, historical vedute of towns, 17th century. From the work Civitates orbis terrarum, George Braun and Franz Hogenberg. Page edges creased and torn.