print;
album;
book of prints
- Museum number
- 1972,U.118.1-285
- Description
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Album of prints by Matthäus Merian the Elder, the following three sets bound together: 'Novae Regionum Aliquot Amaenissimarum Delineationes, Aeri Incisae Per Matthaeum Merianum...' (Strasbourg, 1624); 'Novae Regionum Aliquoy Amaenissimarum Delineationes. Ex Naturali Locorum Positu Desumptae, et aeri Incisae' (Basel, 1625); and 'Novae Quaedam ac Paganae Regiunculae circa Acidulas Swalbacenses' (Strasbourg, 1620); 285 engravings by Merian, one print to a page; three frontispieces; mostly engraved by Peter Aubry; some after other designs, including C. De Jonghe; A.Tempesta; H. Bol; and P. Brill; landscapes, cityviews, series of the months, village scenes, country scenes, scenes of hunting, fishing, and birding, some with Latin and German inscriptions; bound together in album with velvet cover. 1620-25.
Engraving
- Production date
- 1620-25
- Dimensions
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Height: 183 millimetres (approx sheet size)
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Width: 275 millimetres (approx sheet size)
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: 'Novae Regionum Aliquot Amaenissimarum Delineationes, Aeri Incisae Per Matthaeum Merianum...'
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Associated Title: 'Novae Regionum Aliquoy Amaenissimarum Delineationes. Ex Naturali Locorum Positu Desumptae, et aeri Incisae'
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Associated Title: 'Novae Quaedam ac Paganae Regiunculae circa Acidulas Swalbacenses'
- Acquisition date
- 1753
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1972,U.118.1-285