
Topographia Germaniae (1642 – c. 1660s) is a multi-volume series of books created by engraver Matthäus Merian and writer Martin Zeiler, and published in Frankfurt in 38 parts.[1] Engravers Wenceslaus Hollar,[2] Caspar Merian, and Matthäus Merian Jr. also contributed illustrations.[1] In the 1960s Bärenreiter-Verlag reproduced the work.[3]
Volumes
- Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae [37] . 1642. Contents: Switzerland; index [38]
- Topographia Sueviae [39] . 1643. Contents: Swabia, including Augsburg; index [40]
- Topographia Alsatiae [41] . 1644. Contents: Alsace, includes Strassburg, etc.; index [42]
- Topographia Bavariae [43] . 1644. Contents: Bavaria; index [44]
- Topographia Palatinatus Rheni et Vicinarum Regionum [45] . 1645. Contents: Rhine Palatinate; index [46]
- Topographia Archiepiscopatuum Moguntinensis, Trevirensis et Coloniensis [47] . 1646. Contents: Archdioceses of Mainz, Trier and Cologne; index [48]
- Topographia Hassiae et Regionum Vicinarum [49] . 1646. Contents: Hesse, including Frankfurt etc.; index [50]
- Topographia Westphaliae [51] . 1647. Contents: Westphalia, including Aachen etc.; index [52]
- Topographia Franconiae [53] . 1648. Contents: Franconia, including Nuremberg etc.; index [54]
- Topographia Provinciarum Austriacarum Austriae, Styriae, Carinthiae, Carniolae, Tyrolis [55] . 1649. Contents: Austria; index [56]
- Topographia Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae. 1650. Contents: Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, including Prague etc.; index [57] 1960 reprint [58]
- Topographia Superioris Saxoniae, Thüringiae, Misniae et Lusatiae [59] . 1650. Contents: Upper Saxony, Thuringia, Meissen and Lusatia, including Dresden, etc.; index [60]
- Topographia Electoratus Brandenburgici et Ducatus Pomeraniae [61] . 1652. Contents: Brandenburg and Pomerania, including Berlin, Riga etc.; index [62]
- Topographia Saxoniae Inferioris [63] . 1653. Contents: Lower Saxony, including Hamburg, Lubeck; index [64]
- Topographia und Eigentliche Beschreibung Der ... Hertzogthumer Braunschweig und Lüneburg [65] . 1654. Contents: Brunswick and Lüneburg
- Topographia Circuli Burgundici [66] . 1654. Contents: Burgundy, including Brussels etc.; index [67]