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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Out of stockA very fine map from the first edition of “Geographia di Claudio Tolomeo” by Girolamo Ruscelli published in Venice in 1561 at Valgrisi. There is a really interesting Italian text on verso that describes the early history and geography of the area. A feature of this first state is that some maps haven’t the platemark at top because two maps were engraved on the same plate and the resulting sheet halved… [cod.246/15]
- Year: 1561
- Dimension: 180 x 240 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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View of the town from the rare “Itinerarium Italiae” by Andrea Shotti (Scoto) published in Amsterdam in 1655. [cod.244/15]
- Year: 1655
- Dimension: 100 x 147 mm
- Place of publication: Amsterdam
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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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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
