1647 Broadside engraving, Zurich in summer, Conrad Meyer Switzerland

[Ansicht von Zürich im summer] / C. M. fe.

Zürich, ab der BurgerBibliothec, 1647.

Etching.

14,3 x 24.5 cm. On large folio sheet.

Issued by the as a Neujahrsblatt and published by der Stadtbibliothek in Zürich]; [c 1650].

In the foreground the goddess Ceres seated; in the background a view of the city of Zurich. Music notes and a poem in letterpress below the etching

References:

Hollstein's German engravings, etchings and woodcuts, Bd. XXVII, Amsterdam 1980, S. 125, Nr. 202

Martina Sulmoni: "Einer Kunst- und Tugendliebenden Jugend verehrt" : die Bild-Text-Kombinationen in den Neujahrsblättern der Burgerbibliothek Zürich von 1645 bis 1672, Bern 2007

Without the text and musical notification often present.

Laid down on a paper at time of publication. Minor marks here and there. Trimmed to plate line. Exceedingly rare.