Five city views of Lower Saxony
copper engraving on paper, each titled on the plate and provided with topographical explanations, centerfold, no. 1) and 2) from: Matthäus Merian, Topographia und eigentlichen Beschreibung der vornembsten Stäte Schlösser auch anderer Plätze und Örter in denen Hertzogthumer Braunschweig und Lüneburg, Frankfurt am Main 1654 1) Matthäus Merian (1593-1650), "Süpplingburg Commenthurey", 1654, panoramic view of Süpplingenburg in a rural setting with a few staffage figures, good age-appropriate condition, minimally browned at the edges, somewhat creased, image 15 x 38, 5 cm (HxW), overall dimensions 17 x 41 cm (HxW) 2) Matthäus Merian "Coldingen", 1654, panoramic view of Koldingen, good age-appropriate condition, browned at the edges, light-stained, slightly stained, image 11 x 32 cm (HxW), overall dimensions 15.5 x 36.5 cm (HxW) 3) Matthäus Merian "Stättlein Borelem im Stifft Hildesheim", 1653, panoramic view of Bockenem, in the foreground with farmers in a rural area, from: Matthäus Merian, Topographia Saxoniae Inferioris, Frankfurt am Main 1653, age-appropriate condition, creases, edges browned, edges torn, image 19.5 x 32 cm (HxW), overall dimensions 34 x 39 cm (HxW) 4) Matthäus Merian, after, "Abriß der Festen Fürstlichen Haupt Statt Wolffenbüttel (...)", overview of the siege of Wolfenbüttel with numerous soldier staffage figures, age-appropriate condition, browned, creases, partially stained, image 29 x 35.5 cm (HxW), overall dimensions 35.5 x 41 cm ( HxB) 5) Caspar Merian (1627-1686), "F.B.L. Residenz Statt Hannover", inscribed at the bottom of the plate "Conr. Buno. Delineavit / Casp. Merian fec." , panoramic view of Hanover, in the foreground a windmill and staffage figures, age-appropriate condition, severely cropped on the left so that the legend is missing, partially rubbed, creased, torn at the top right, mounted on a base, image 26.5 x 54.5 cm (HxW), overall dimensions 33.5 x 55.5cm ( HxW)