A nice view of Tivoli from Merian’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 fine, large and rare view of Piazza del Popolo in Rome engraved with great care by Domenico Pronti. Published in Rome and sold in Piazza di Spagna by the author himself in 1785. Below the title a key listing the The Flaminio Obelisk (obelisco Egizio), Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto.
- Year: 1785
- Dimension: 33 x 43 cm
- Place of publication: Rome
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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.329/15]
- Year: 1670
- Dimension: 118 x 165 mm
- Place of publication: Padova
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Out of stockA fine and very rare view of Piazza Navona in Rome engraved with great care by Pierre Aveline. Published in Paris in 1690. Below a key listing 9 point of interest.
Pierre Aveline (Paris, c.1656 – 23 May 1722) was a notable engraver but also a print-publisher and print-seller. He probably trained with Adam Pérelle and, like him, specialized in topographical representations. He engraved in suites many views of Paris and of provincial, European and African cities, mixing etching and burin.
- Year: 1690
- Dimension: 210 x 310 mm
- Place of publication: Paris
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Very fine view of Gaeta from Zeiller’s “Itinerarium Italia Nova Antiqua” published by Merian in Franckfurt 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…
- Year: 1688
- Dimension: 336 x 213 mm
- Place of publication: Frankfurt
