View of Gerena, Andalusia.
MEISSNER Daniel, Eberhard Kieser.
Eberhard Kieser
Gerena. Jerenna in Hispania. Nuremberg Paulus Fürst 1638
Copper engraved view of Gerena, Andalusia engraved by Eberhard Kieser for Daniel Meissner from
Thesaurus philo-politicus, edition of Paulus Fürst
Libellus novus politicus emblematicus civitatum. Black & white; text in Latin and German below image. From the 7th part numbered "G".
View of Gerena; above Latin tag:
Non Semper Magnos Magna Decent;below a moral text by the poet Daniel Meissner. Dark impression.
Daniel Meissner 1585-1625
His most important work was
Thesaurus Philo-Politicus, a collection of city views beside the well known works of Merian, Braun & Hogenberg and Münster. First published in 1623 in Frankfurt am Main by Eberhard Kieser titled
Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist: Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren unnd bestendiger Freundwith 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
Libellus novus politicus emblematicus civitatumby Paulus Fürst with around 830 views. The engravings of cities, villages, monasteries and castles showing the places before Thirty Years' War
98 by 149mm (3¾ by 5¾ inches).
ref: 3027
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