Antique Engraving of the City of Geneva Switzerland in the 17th Century showing the fortified walls of the city at that time.
Copperplate Engraving – Matthias Merian the Elder – from Topographie Helvetiae first published in 1642.
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Geneva in the 17th Century with City Fortifications by Matthias Merian the Elder
Antique Steel Engraving of Leuk in the Swiss Valais Region – C. Huber / J. Geisser
Beautiful antique steel engraving of the town of Leuk – Loueche in the Valais region of Switzerland. J. Giesser del / C. Huber sc. – Published by the Verlag S. W. Albrecht
Bottmingen, Switzerland with its Famous Wasserschloss Castle by Daniel Meissner
Original renaissance period engraving from Daniel Meissner’s “Sciographia Cosmica,” an early collection of city views printed between 1623 and 1678.
In the background is the famous water castle of Bottmingen, shown before it was redecorated in the style of a Baroque French country manor. Meissner added a moral motto to each of the engravings in his [...]
Braun & Hogenberg: Antique City View of Cambray
Birds eye view of the city of Cambrai published by George Braun (1541-1622) and Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590) in the work: Civitates Orbis Terrarum