Meurer,Peter H. — Corpus der älteren Germania-Karten. Ein annotierter Katalog der gedruckten Gesamtkarten des deutschen Raumes von den Anfängen bis um 1650.

Alphen a./d. Rijn, Canaletto, 2001. 1 vol. (of 2). XII,504 pp. Hardcover, title in gilt.The text volume of this standard work on the early printed Germania maps. The volume of plates (not present !) contains reproductions of the maps in a larger size. The text volume offered here is well illustrated and very useful as separate reference work. - - This major work of Peter H. Meurer offers the only systematic collection of the oldest maps of the German area until c.1650. After an introduction to the historical, political and iconographic foundations, the main focus is on the examination and analysis of the maps - -Text in German.