Nice view of Loreto from Zeiller’s “Topographia Italiae” published in Frankfurt in 1640. 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. Two of their sons followed Merian into publishing. In Frankfurt Mattheus Merian spent most of his working life and with Martin Zeiller (1589-1661), a German Geographer, and later with his own son, he produced a series of Topographia consisting of 21 volumes including a very large number of town plans as well as maps of most countries. He also took over and completed the later parts and editions of the Grand Voyages and Petits Voyages originally started by De Bry in 1590.
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View of the town from “Itinerario overo decrittione de’ viaggi principali in Italia” by Francesco Scoto published in Venezia by Brigonci in 1679. [cod.249/15]
- Year: 1679
- Dimension: 116 x 120 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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View of the town from “Itinerario overo decrittione de’ viaggi principali in Italia” by Francesco Scoto published in Padua by Matteo Cadorin in 1670. [cod.242/15]
- Year: 1670
- Dimension: 120 x 171 mm
- Place of publication: Padova
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Out of stockA fine miniature map of Ancona from “Theatro del Mondo” the famous plagiarised version of Ortelius’ pocket atlas published specifically for the Italian market by Pietro Marchetti. First printed in Brescia this is the really rare Venetian edition of 1667. Italian text on verso. [cod.177/15]
- Year: 1667
- Dimension: 75 x 105 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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Scarce little map showing the travel between two cities with the suggestion for nice places to stop. From “La vera guida per chi viaggia in Italia, con la descrizione di tutti i viaggi e le sue poste…” (well known because used by Goethe for his famous travel in Italy) published in Rome at Giunchi in 1787 by Francesco Tiroli. [cod.248/15]
- Year: 1787
- Dimension: 165 x 115 mm
- Place of publication: Rome
