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  • Ostia

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    Nice panorama of Ostia in Lazio. From “Topographia Italiae” by M. Merian published in Franckfurt in 1688. Mattheus Merian was a notable Swiss engraver, born in Basle in 1593, who subsequently studied in Zurich and then moved to Frankfurt where he met Theodore de Bry, whose daughter he married in 1617. They had numerous children together, including a daughter, Anna Maria Sibylla Merian, born in 1647. She became a pioneering naturalist and illustrator. […]

    • Author: MERIAN Mattheus
    • Year: 1688
    • Dimension: 178 x 315 mm
    • Place of publication: Frankfurt
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    Pisa

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    Bird’s eye plan of the city of Pisa. The city sits on both banks of the River Arno with bridges spanning the river at left and right. Finely engraved to show a great amount of detail. Coat of arms and a key to the principal buildings. The “Campanile” is recognizable as the Leaning Tower of Pisa. [cod.268/15]

    • Author: MERIAN Mattheus
    • Dimension: 195 x 270 mm
    • Place of publication: Frankfurt