871 - Europe - Merian, Matthäus. Theatrum Europaeum, or A Detailed and Truthful Account of All and Every Memorable Event That Has Occurred Here and There in the World, but Especially in Europe and Germany, in Both Religious and Secular Matters, from the Year of Our Lord 1617 (up to the end of the year 1718) ... have taken place. Described by Johann Philipp Abel, (H. Oraeus, J. P. Lotichius, Johann Georg Schleder, Martin Meyer, Wolfgang Jacob Geiger, and others) 21 volumes. With a total of 20 (of 21) copperplate title pages, 659 (of 662) views, plans, and maps (on 647 plates, some double-sided or fold-out), 647 (of 650) portrait engravings on plates and in the text, 19 text engravings, and 11 tables. Frankfurt, Merian, 1662–1738. 34.5 x 22 cm. Contemporary parchment bindings with gold-stamped spine titles (Volume 3 slightly differs in format; Volume 4 with gold-stamped supralibros).

Europe - Merian, Matthäus. Theatrum Europaeum, or A Detailed and Truthful Account of All and Every Memorable Event That Has Occurred Here and There in the World, but Especially in Europe and Germany, in Both Religious and Secular Matters, from the Year of Our Lord 1617 (up to the end of the year 1718) ... have taken place. Described by Johann Philipp Abel, (H. Oraeus, J. P. Lotichius, Johann Georg Schleder, Martin Meyer, Wolfgang Jacob Geiger, and others) 21 volumes. With a total of 20 (of 21) copperplate title pages, 659 (of 662) views, plans, and maps (on 647 plates, some double-sided or fold-out), 647 (of 650) portrait engravings on plates and in the text, 19 text engravings, and 11 tables. Frankfurt, Merian, 1662–1738. 34.5 x 22 cm. Contemporary parchment bindings with gold-stamped spine titles (Volume 3 slightly differs in format; Volume 4 with gold-stamped supralibros). Wüthrich III, 113ff. — Printed by Daniel Fievet, Balthasar Christoph Wust, Wolfgang Hoffmann, and others. — Merian’s largest publication, featuring a large number of city views, maps, battle scenes, historical scenes, and portraits. “Based on our own reading, we would like to note that there is no comparable and equally rich treasure trove of contemporary historical documentation in the German language on the era of the Thirty Years’ War and the reign of Louis XIV … Thanks to the detailed indexes and frequent marginal notes, the work is truly accessible and easy to use.” (Wüthrich). - The volumes in detail: I: 3rd edition, 1662. With a copperplate title page, 25 views and maps, 57 portraits, and 5 text plates. - II: 4th edition, 1679. With a copperplate title page, 45 views and maps, 36 portraits, and 8 text plates. - III: 2nd edition, 1644. With a copperplate title page, 36 views and maps, 30 portraits, and 3 text plates. Partially browned; moisture stains in places along the edges; the view of Nördlingen has been restored in the folds with some loss of image. - IV: 3rd edition, 1648. With a copperplate title page, 46 views and maps, 30 portraits, and 3 text plates. Without the view of Lerida, but with the view of Pont-à-Mousson. 8 plates with water stains, 2 plates backed at the edges, individual plates with ink stains and handwritten numbers on the margins. - V: 3rd edition, 1707. With copperplate title page, 56 views and maps, and 70 portraits. 1 fortress plan with a wormhole in the white margin. - VI: 2nd edition, 1663. With a copperplate title page, 47 views and maps, and 150 portraits. - VII: 2nd edition, 1685. With a copperplate title page, 15 views and maps, and 27 portraits. Small wormholes on the endpapers, title page, and prefaces at the spine. - VIII: 2nd edition, 1693. With copperplate title page, 28 views and maps (on 26 plates), and 24 portraits. Portrait of Charles X of Sweden restored outside the image. - IX: 2nd edition, 1699. With copperplate title page, 32 views and maps (on 26 plates), and 15 portraits. - X: 2nd edition, 1703. With copperplate title page, 16 (of 18) views and maps (on 15 plates), and 22 portraits. Lacks a map and view of London before or during the Great Fire of 1666. Text slightly browned due to the paper. - XI: 2nd edition, 1682 (according to Wüthrich, likely 1707). With copperplate title page, 45 views and maps (on 44 plates), and 42 portraits. - XII: 1691. With copperplate title page, 29 views and maps, and 35 portraits. In 2 siege plans (Neuhäusel, Ofen), troop positions are colored in. - XIII: 1698. With a copperplate title page, 31 views and maps, and 26 portraits. In the siege plan of Mainz, troop positions are colored in. - XIV: 1702. With a copperplate title page, 37 views and maps, and 18 portraits. - XV: 1707. With a copperplate title page, 14 views and maps, and 19 (of 20) portraits. Lacks the portrait of Electress Sophia of Hanover. - XVI: 1717. With copperplate title page, 39 views and maps, and 18 portraits. First sheet has wormholes in the margin. - XVII: 1718. With a copperplate title page, 38 views and maps, and 8 portraits. Individual troop positions are colored in the siege map of Landau. - XVIII: 1720. With a copperplate title page, 20 views and maps, 6 portraits, and 4 tables. The first leaf has wormholes in the margin; the year in the title page is clipped; individual troop positions are colored in the map of the Battle of Malplaquet. - XIX: 1723. With a copperplate title page, 26 views and maps, 5 portraits, and 7 tables. The first and last leaves show wormholes at the spine. - XX: 1734. With 28 (of 29) views and maps (on 27 plates) and 6 portraits. A copperplate title page was not found in the reference copy; one view of London is missing. The first 9 leaves have minor paper loss in the upper corner of the white margin; the title page is slightly trimmed. - XXI: 1738. With a copperplate title page, 6 views and maps, and 3 (of 5) portraits. Lacks the portraits of Count Karl von Dhaun and Duke August Wilhelm of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Isolated foxing spots. - Isolated collector’s stamps on the reverse of the plates; overall, a fine copy. *