Merian’s Ostia Printed Area Measurement_19 x 25.5 cm marbled edges

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Cercle de Baverie

This map of Oxfordshire was engraved by Emanuel Bowen for John Owen’s Britannia Depicta

This map of Edinburgh is one of the town plans in Tallis’ hugely popular ‘Illustrated Atlas’ which was published serially from the mid 1840s onwards

Merian’s Ostia Printed Area Measurement_19 x 25.5 cm marbled edgesThis plan of of Ostia was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Itinerarium Italiae of 1640, the Archontologia cosmica and editions of the Theatrum Europaeum. Merian was born in Basel, but he learned his trade working for Johann Theodor de Bry in Frankfurt, and married de Brys daughter. His own business flourished: talented engravers who worked with him include Wenceslaus Hollar. After his death in 1650 the firm passed