Very fine prospect view of Mantova from Topographiae Italiae published by Merian 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. 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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Important view of the famous Certosa in Pavia embellished in foreground by elegant coaches. Published in Bassano in 1760 by Remondini.
- Year: 1760
- Dimension: 280 x 410 mm
- Place of publication: Bassano
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Plan and fortification of the town from “Force D’Europe…” by G. Bodenehr published in Augsburg in 1725. Perfect condition. [cod.111/15]
- Year: 1725
- Dimension: 160 x 220 mm
- Place of publication: Augsburg
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Out of stockInteresting map of Brescia and Crema from the Atlas Major published in Amsterdam in 166. The famous Blaeu’s firm was founded in 1596 by Willem Janzoon Blaeu (1571-1638) then continued by his two sons Cornelius (1616-1648) and Johannis (1596-1673). Their greatest cartographic achievement was the publication of the magnificent Atlas Major with 600 maps all finely engraved and embellished by elaborate cartouches, heraldic detail and especially by splendid callig
- Year: 1667
- Dimension: 380 x 500 mm
- Place of publication: Amsterdam
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A rare and very decorative view by Johann August Corvinus (1683-1738) after Georg Philipp Rugendas (1666-1742) showing the siege of Milan during the War of the Spanish Succession, 1700-1713 from the Repraesentatio belli, ob successionem in Regno Hispanico…, published in Ausburg in 1720 by Jeremias Wolff.
- Year: 1720
- Dimension: 385 x 445 mm
- Place of publication: Augsburg
