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232 - Matthaus Merian, Map of the Papal States and Tuscany. Frankfurt am Main: Wolfgang Hoffmann, 1638 [1646, 1695]. Copper engraving. 282 x 358 mm. Sheet size: 321 x 375 mm. Signed “M.Merian fecit” at the bottom right. At the top left, a cartouche with the title, where the personification of the Church sits in the center between Saints Peter and Paul. In the upper right corner is the coat of arms of Urban VIII, and in the sea off the coast of Tuscany is the Medici coat of arms. From *Neuwe Archontologia Cosmica, das ist, Beschreibung aller Käyserthumben Königreichen und Republicken der gantzen Welt* by Johann Philip Zabelin (pseudonym of Johann Ludwig Gottfried), first published in Frankfurt in 1638, reprinted in Latin in 1638 and 1649, and in German in 1646 and 1695. (1) Copy mounted with two staples at the top in a modern cardboard mount. Three margins as in the original; the lower left margin has been restored. Vertical binding crease in the center.
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Matthaus Merian, Map of the Papal States and Tuscany. Frankfurt am Main: Wolfgang Hoffmann, 1638 [1646, 1695]. Copper engraving. 282 x 358 mm. Sheet size: 321 x 375 mm. Signed “M.Merian fecit” at the bottom right. At the top left, a cartouche with the title, where the personification of the Church sits in the center between Saints Peter and Paul. In the upper right corner is the coat of arms of Urban VIII, and in the sea off the coast of Tuscany is the Medici coat of arms. From *Neuwe Archontologia Cosmica, das ist, Beschreibung aller Käyserthumben Königreichen und Republicken der gantzen Welt* by Johann Philip Zabelin (pseudonym of Johann Ludwig Gottfried), first published in Frankfurt in 1638, reprinted in Latin in 1638 and 1649, and in German in 1646 and 1695. (1) Copy mounted with two staples at the top in a modern cardboard mount. Three margins as in the original; the lower left margin has been restored. Vertical binding crease in the center.
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