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Merian copperplate engraving, The City of Leipzig - Including the Siege of 1637 - Merian copperplate engraving, The City of Leipzig - Including the Siege of 1637 Original copper engraving by Matthäus Merian (1593-1650), bird's-eye view map of Leipzig from 1637, showing the siege on 13 February 1637 by Swedish Field Marshal Johann Bàner during the Thirty Years' War. Entitled ”The City of Leipzig / Including the Siege A [1637]). Framed in a passe-partout under glass. Image size 37 x 29 cm. Frame size 60 x 53 cm. Good condition, clean with no foxing. One copy can be found in the map collection of the Saxon War Archive and the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel, among others.