| Method | Copper engraving |
| Artist | Daniel Meisner |
| Published | [Nuremberg: Paulus Furst, 1638-78] |
| Dimensions | Image 68 x 146, Sheet 82 x 154 mm |
| Notes |
A birds-eye view of Pisa with the river Arno dividing it horizontally. A peacock stands in full display to centre foreground. The Medici family coat-of-arms in the top left corner. Title in scrolled cartouche. From Daniel Meisner's Sciographia Cosmica. Meisner's emblem book, containing over 800 pictorial-poetic compositions, was enormously popular throughout Europe in the 17th century. The plan views were based on the work of De Bry, Braun & Hogenberg, Merian and others with the addition of emblematic figures or scenes in the foreground, juxtaposed with moralising and edifying verses beneath the image and a Latin motto at top. It was originally issued with 52 plates as the Thesaurus philo-politicus in 1623-24. After Meisner's death in 1625, Eberhard Kieser, with assistance from Johann L. Gottfried, completed the work and published it until 1631. The plates then appeared in the eight parts of Sciographia Cosmica published by Paulus Furst between 1638-78. The plates for these editions were renumbered alpha-numerically in the upper right corners - A-H (identifying the 8 parts) and 1-100 (plate number). They were finally issued in 1700 and 1704 in Rudolf J. Helmer's Politica-politica. Condition: Trimmed to image, loss of Latin and German verses in lower margin and title above. Laid to album page. |
| Framing | mounted |
| Price | £130.00 |
| Stock ID | 44723 |