Topographia Galliae

Topographia Galliae (1655–1661) is a German-language series of illustrated books created by engraver Matthäus Merian and writer Martin Zeiler, and published in Frankfurt. It describes cities and towns in 17th-century France.[1][2] Wenceslaus Hollar also contributed engravings.[3]

Engraved title page of first volume, Topographia Galliae, 1655
Titel
Champagne

Volumes

  • Topographia Galliae (in German and Latin) (1st ed.), Frankfurt: Caspar Merian 1655- (13 volumes)[4]
  • Topographia Galliae (in German) (2nd ed.). Frankfurt: Caspar Merian. 1655–1661 via Rhineland-Palatinate Dilibri.

See also

References

  1. Universal Cyclopaedia. 8. D. Appleton & Co. 1909.
  2. Jacques Charles Brunet (1844), "Histoire de France (23133)", Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres [Catalogue for Booksellers and Bibliophiles] (in French), 5 (4th ed.), Paris: Firmin Didot frères
  3. Catalogue of Rare and Valuable Books on the Fine Arts, Bernard Quaritch, 1909, Zeilleri Topographia Galliae
  4. Johann Georg Theodor Grässe (1867). Trésor de livres rares et précieux [Treasury of rare and valuable books] (in French). 6. Dresden.

Further reading

  • Topographia Galliae. Amsterdam: Joost Broersz and Caspart Mérian, 1660.


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