The city of Konstanz, Germany, 1633. Engraving by M. Merian, 1643.

  • Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650.
Date:
[1638]
Reference:
2977795i
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Description

The key identifies 27 buildings including the Cathedral church of the Virgin (1), the Jesuit college (2), the great hospital (9), the merchants' house with cargoes ready for lading on the lakefront (11), several monasteries, and the millwheels on the bridge across the Rhine linking Constanz with the Benedictine house at Petershaüsen

Publication/Creation

[Frankfurt am Main] : [M. Merian], [1638]

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; border 24.2 x 34.4 cm

Lettering

Eigentliche Contrafactur der Statt Costantz am Bodensee wie solche währender Belägerung anno 1633 im wesen gestanden At top, coat of arms of the city of Konstanz

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2977795i

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