Merian,M.

Theatrum Europaeum. Volume 17 (2nd ed.). With engraved title. Title, 39 partly double-sided or folded. Copper plates and 8 portrait plates. 6 vols, 318, 352, 340 pp, 15 vols. Reg. folio. Contemporary vellum binding with spine label. Frankfurt, Merian Erben, after 1718. Würthrich 3, p. 142 - Very well preserved volume with maps of Livonia and Poland, plans of Turin and Barcelona, Siege of Landau, Battle of Donauwörth and Höchstädt-Dillingen, Conquest of Trarbach on the Moselle, Naval Battle of Malaga, etc. Particularly noteworthy are the Ionic mourning portal with skeletons for Queen Sophia Karolina of Prussia (wife of Frederick I) and the 'Castrum Doloris' for Queen Sophia Karolina of Prussia in the Berlin Cathedral, as well as the front of Charlottenburg, printed from 2 plates. - This 2nd edition is identical to the first edition with the exception of the copper index set in a single column.