| Cartograph: | Matthäus Merian (*1593 - †1650) |
| Title: | Illustrissimo Principi ac domino Philippo Comitiin Hohenzollern, domino in Sigmaring: Vering : et Schwabeg ... |
| Publisher/ Year: | Frankfurt, M. Merian, 1643 |
| Sheet Size: | 32.2 x 39.0 cm (12.7 x 15.4 inches) |
| Plate Size: | 28.8 x 37.3 cm (11.3 x 14.7 inches) |
| Marvellous large birdeye view of Hechingen with the Castle Hohenzollen and it surrounding villages by M. Merian. One of the most beautiful and famous engraving of South German landscape by Merian. With the Hohenzollern coar-of-arms and a caption from A to R. From the 1643 edition of "Topographia Sveviae" by Matthaeus Merian printed and published in Frankfurt. The cityviews of Merian are important historical sources since it shows the cities just before the Thirty Years' War. |
| Excellent conditions. |
