MATTHÄUS, Merian - Lot 137

Lot n° 137
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MATTHÄUS, Merian - Lot 137
MATTHÄUS, Merian Prosp.[pect] der Statt Parys wie solche an ietzo an zusehen. Parÿs in flora 1654. [Frankfurt am Main or Amsterdam, 1655]. Copper-engraved panoramic view on 3 plates, here assembled (26.5 x 80 cm), hand-colored at the time. In black on watermarked laid paper, then watercolored. Beautiful panoramic view of Paris in the 17th century by Matthäus Merian. The view differs from the two originally drawn by Merian and reproduced several times over the course of the century (one taken from Belleville, the other from Montmartre). This view is taken further east, probably from the Charonne hill. Engraved by N. Cochin and published by Berey a few years later. Paris in spring It appears in Martin Zeiller's Topographia Galliae... published in Frankfurt am Main in 1655. Ornamented on the left with the arms of France and Navarre - a rare 17th-century heraldic representation intended by Henri IV to bring Catholics and Protestants closer together - and on the right with the arms of the city of Paris. A fine copy. Boutier [88], who cites the complete title, does not seem to differentiate between a print
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