Topographia Germaniae

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Language German language Country Frankfurt		Author Martin Zeiler

Illustrator Caspar Merian, Matthäus Merian Jr. Media type 38 volume series of books Publisher Matthäus Merian (engraver, 17th century) Similar Cosmographia, Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, Nuremberg Chronicle, Atlas Maior, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Topographia Germaniae (1642–c. 1660s) is a multi-volume series of books created by engraver Matthäus Merian and writer Martin Zeiler, and published in Frankfurt in 38 parts. Engravers Wenceslaus Hollar, Caspar Merian, and Matthäus Merian Jr. also contributed illustrations. In the 1960s Bärenreiter-Verlag reproduced the work.

Volumes

Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae. 1642.

Contents: Switzerland; index

Topographia Sueviae. 1643.

Contents: Swabia, including Augsburg; index

Topographia Alsatiae. 1644.

Contents: Alsace, includes Strassburg, etc.; index

Topographia Bavariae. 1644.

Contents: Bavaria; index

Topographia Palatinatus Rheni et Vicinarum Regionum. 1645.

Contents: Rhine Palatinate; index

Topographia Archiepiscopatuum Moguntinensis, Trevirensis et Coloniensis. 1646.

Contents: Archdioceses of Mainz, Trier and Cologne; index

Topographia Hassiae et Regionum Vicinarum. 1646.

Contents: Hesse, including Frankfurt etc.; index

Topographia Westphaliae. 1647.

Contents: Westphalia, including Aachen etc.; index

Topographia Franconiae. 1648.

Contents: Franconia, including Nuremberg etc.; index

Topographia Provinciarum Austriacarum Austriae, Styriae, Carinthiae, Carniolae, Tyrolis. 1649.

Contents: Austria; index

Topographia Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae. 1650.

Contents: Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, including Prague etc.; index

1960 reprint

Topographia Superioris Saxoniae, Thüringiae, Misniae et Lusatiae. 1650.

Contents: Upper Saxony, Thuringia, Meissen and Lusatia, including Dresden, etc.; index

Topographia Electoratus Brandenburgici et Ducatus Pomeraniae. 1652.

Contents: Brandenburg and Pomerania, including Berlin, Riga etc.; index

Topographia Saxoniae Inferioris. 1653.

Contents: Lower Saxony, including Hamburg, Lubeck; index

Topographia und Eigentliche Beschreibung Der ... Hertzogthumer Braunschweig und Lüneburg. 1654.

Contents: Brunswick and Lüneburg

Topographia Circuli Burgundici. 1654.

Contents: Burgundy, including Brussels etc.; index

References

Topographia Germaniae Wikipedia

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