Fine depiction of Vesuvio at Neaples erupting 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 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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From J. Stockdale’s “A geographical, historical and political description of the empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Prussia, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia” Published in London, 1800.- Dimension: 20 x 26 cm
- Place of publication: London
- Year: 1800
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Out of stockA fine miniature map of Ischia 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.167/15]
- Year: 1667
- Dimension: 75 x 105 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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Large map of the Island of Ischia, sheet no. 7 of the Carta topografica ed idrografica dei contorni di Napoli, levata per ordine di S. M. Ferdinando I°, Re del Regno delle due Sicilie, dagli Uffiziali dello Stato Maggiore e dagl’Ingegneri Topografi negli anni 1817, 1818, 1819, disegnata e incisa nell’Officio Topografico di Napoli. This work consists of 15 copper-engraved sheets describing the surroundings of Naples, the coasts of the Gulf and the Islands with…
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Out of stockCopper engraving from “Curioses Staats-Kriegstheatrum in Bayern, Franken, Hispanien, Italien” published in Amburg in 1702 by J. Stridbeck and his son J. Stridbeck Junior.
- Year: 1702
- Dimension: 160 x 280 mm
- Place of publication: Augsburg
