Merian’s Ostia Printed Area Measurement_19 x 25.5 cm de la Servie et de

de la Servie et de la Bulgarie

This District Railway map of Greater London shows the approximate extent from Epsom to Enfield and from Windsor to Grays

marbled edges

inscribed ('From the writer') and initialled by the author

Merian’s Ostia Printed Area Measurement_19 x 25.5 cm de la Servie et deThis 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