1682 – M. Merian – Theatri Europaei Tom XI

Title:              “Theatri Europaei Eilffter Theil/ Oder: Außführlich fortgeführte Friedens- und Kriegs-Beschreibung : Und was mehr Von denckwürdigsten Geschichten in Europa/ vornemlich aber in Hoch- und Nieder-Teutschland: bey der Reichs-Versamlung zu Regenspurg: am Käiserlichen: auch Chur- und Fürstlichen Höfen: So dann/ In Ungarn/ Siebenbürgen/ Polen/ Lithauen/ Ukraine/ Moscau/ Schweden/ Dännemarck/ Norwegen/ Groß-Britannien/ Franckreich/ Spanien/ Portugall/ Italien/ Dalmatien/ und dem Archipelago: Einige auch in den übrigen Welt-Theilen/ bevorab auff der Africanischen Küste/ Barbaria und Guinea: zu Wasser und Lande/ vom 1672sten Jahr biß ins 1679ste vorgegangen/ und sich begeben haben...”​
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Description:

The historical chronicle by Matthaus Merian published under the common title “Theatri Europaei”, XI volume (describing the years 1672-1679) of the 21-volume work “Theatrum Europæum…”, in Frankfurt of Main, Johann Görlin 1682.

This volume describes the peace and war and other memorable stories in Europe, but especially in High and Lower Germany, Hungary, Transylvania, Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moscow, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Dalmatia and also in the other parts of the world, especially on the African coast, Barbaria and Guinea from year 1672 to 1679.

A multi-volume historical work begun in 1633. Twenty-one volumes were published by 1738. This monumental work was published in the annex of the printer and copperplate engraver Matthew Merian, who specialized in publishing maps, city views and chronicles. It is one of the most important sources on the Thirty Years’ War and the reign of Louis XIV. Its importance as a source is not nullified by the fact that various kinds of sensationalism were woven into the narrative, which served to entertain and also influenced the book’s sales, as well as the authors’ often lack of objectivity, including Abelin, in whom pro-Swedish and pro-Protestant sympathies come to the fore. Of separate value are the 720 copperplate illustrations, some 140 of which were done by Merian himself (maps, allegorical subjects on title pages). The authors of each volume were Johann Philipp Abelin, Johann Flittner, Heinrich Oreaus, physician J. P. Lotichius, Johann Georg Schleder, Martin Meyer, Wolfgang Jacob Geiger, Daniel Schneider and Gabriel Schweder. The publication, aimed at both “scholars” and “ordinary” people, was widely read and proved to be a publishing success. The work, both in its textual and iconographic layers, is also evidence of the birth of the concept of Europe as a geographic-historical-cultural community (Elblag Digital Library).

Only four engravings present, else text is complete, over 1500 pages present. Exclusive edition, edges painted with gold.

Author:                 Matthaus Merian (1593 – 1650)
Sheet size:           22,0 x 35,0 x 10,5 cm
Year:                      1682
Technique:          copper engraving

Condition:
Good, original condition.

This is an original antique book published in 1682 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

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