Topographia Germaniae

Title page of Topographia Bavariae, 1665; part of Topographia Germaniae series

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]

Volumes

• Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae. 1642.
  • Contents: Switzerland; index

• Topographia Sueviae. 1643.
  • Contents: Swabia, including Augsburg; index

• Topographia Alsatiae. 1644.
  • Contents: Alsace, includes Strassburg, etc.; index

• Topographia Bavariae. 1644.
  • Contents: Bavaria; index

• 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

• Topographia Hassiae et Regionum Vicinarum. 1646.
  • Contents: Hesse, including Frankfurt etc.; index

• Topographia Westphaliae. 1647.
  • Contents: Westphalia, including Aachen etc.; index

• Topographia Franconiae. 1648.
  • Contents: Franconia, including Nuremberg etc.; index

• Topographia Provinciarum Austriacarum Austriae, Styriae, Carinthiae, Carniolae, Tyrolis. 1649.
  • Contents: Austria; index

• Topographia Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae. 1650.
  • Contents: Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, including Prague etc.; index
  • 1960 reprint

• Topographia Superioris Saxoniae, Thüringiae, Misniae et Lusatiae. 1650.
  • Contents: Upper Saxony, Thuringia, Meissen and Lusatia, including Dresden, etc.; index

• Topographia Electoratus Brandenburgici et Ducatus Pomeraniae. 1652.
  • Contents: Brandenburg and Pomerania, including Berlin, Riga etc.; index

• Topographia Saxoniae Inferioris. 1653.
  • Contents: Lower Saxony, including Hamburg, Lubeck; index

• Topographia und Eigentliche Beschreibung Der ... Hertzogthumer Braunschweig und Lüneburg. 1654.
  • Contents: Brunswick and Lüneburg

• Topographia Circuli Burgundici. 1654.
  • Contents: Burgundy, including Brussels etc.; index

References

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

Further reading

• Johann Georg Theodor Grässe (1867). Trésor de livres rares et précieux [Treasury of rare and valuable books] (in French) 6. Dresden.

External links

• Wikisource