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| Cartograph: |
Daniel Meissner (*1585 - †1625) |
| Title: |
Negroponte in Morea |
| Publisher/ Year: |
Nuremberg, Fürst, 1638 |
| Sheet Size: |
16.0 x 19.5 cm (6.3 x 7.7 inches) |
| Plate Size: |
10.0 x 15.0 cm (3.9 x 5.9 inches) |
| Cooper engraved view of Euboea (Negroponte) in Greece from D. Meisner "Sciographia Cosmica" printed 1638 in Nuremberg. With Latin and German aphorism. |
| Minor waterstained in upper right corner. |
| About the Cartograph/ Printer: Daniel Meissner was born 1585 in Komotau, Bohemia and lived in Frankfurt Sachsenhausen after he finished his education. His most important work was "Thesaurus Philo-Politicus", a collection of cityviews beside the well known works of Merian, Braun & Hogenberg and Münster. First published 1623 by Eberhard Kieser (Frankfurt, 1583-1631) titled "Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist: Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren unnd bestendiger Freund" with total 52 views. Followed by the second edition between 1624 and 1631 with 416 views and finally the third edition 1638-43 with new title "Sciographia cosmica" by Paulus Fürst (Nuremberg, 1608-66) with around 830 views. The engravings of cities, villages, monasteries and castles showing the places before Thirty Years' War and have high source relevance. He died in 1625. |
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