Churfürstl: sachsisches gehaltenes und angezüntes Fewerwerck zu nachts bey der Festung Pleissenburg, 1667, den 8 July. by Merian, Matthäus - around 1670

Frankfurt, around 1670. 29.3 x 34,3 cm (11.5 x 13,5 inches).. Original antique very rare copper engraving. Printed and published in,Theatrum Europeum’ Impressive fireworks display around the artificially constructed pointed rock with obelisk and ruler's medallion initials on the obelisk 'IG'. In the foreground there are fountains in the water, in the background a church tower. Theatrum Europaeum is the title of a German-language historical work founded by Matthäus Merian and published between 1633 and 1738 in 21 quarto volumes. The series of chronicles is particularly important because of its timely descriptions of the Thirty Years' War and the reign of Louis XIV, as well as its 720 copper plates, around 140 of which were engraved by Merian himself. The volumes are between around 400 and 1500 pages. In very good condition. Some creases at the center fold.