MERIAN - Z[eiller], M[artin]. Topographiae Helvetiae, Rhaetiae, et Valesiae: That is, a description and an eygentliche illustration of the most distinguished places and places in the hochlöbliche Eydgnosstschafft.... In this other edition gone through with special diligence, and corrected from previous errors, increased and improved. With engraved title, 2 double-sheet engraved maps, and 77 views on 58 (51 double-sheet, 1 folded) plates. Frankfurt a. M., Matthäus Merian, 1642. folio. 72 p., [3] ll. Modern half vellum binding. VD17 23:301700F - Schuchhard 62 A - Wüthrich IV, 1. - First edition. - Our copy has the printed title of 1654 bound in, as well as the bird's-eye map of Pfäfers, present only in a later edition. - Without the copper index at the end. - The bird's-eye view of Zurich with small marginal tear and small loss of image, the general view of Zurich trimmed in the margins (loss of image), the second bird's-eye view of Solothurn trimmed just into the image. Browned and throughout fingerstained in lower margin, some plates with backed marginal tears.