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Nice panoramic view of Merano, seen over
the river Passer, in the background the castles
Thurnstein, Tyrol and Schenna, at the left and
right side text about the history of the town
and at lower right a legend with the names of
the buildings.
Copper engraving, printed from 2 plates,
by Gabriel Bodenehr, from „Curioses Staats und
Kriegs-Theatrum“, Augsburg about 1720, 16,5
x 44 cm. Good impression, left margin replaced,
otherwise good condition.
Bodenehr
Family of
engravers and
publishers of
Augsburg. Johannes
Georg Bodenehr
(1631 - 1704).
Published atlases
and geographical
books. His son
Gabriel Bodenehr
(1664 - 1758)
took over the
plates of Johann
Stridbeck (1640
- 1716), revised
and issued them
together with
many other own
views and maps
in his books
and atlases.
In 1758 Georg Christian Kilian (1709 - 1781) took
over his the publishing house. |
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• Germany • www.maps-n-views.com
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