Roma. Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650, etcher, publisher. [16--] The map is a reduced copy on two sheets joined at vertical edges of Antonio Tempesta's 1593 12-sheet bird's-eye view of Rome. Etched by Matthaeus Merian the Elder, it appeared in publications by Merian and his son Matthaeus Merian the Younger, including Martin Zeiler's Itinerarium Italiae nov-antiquae (1640); Werdenhagen's De rebus Hanseaticis (1641); Topographia Italiae (1688). See Frutaz, Huelsen. At upper left, on banderole: ROMA. Above compass giving orientation with north at left. Arms of city of Rome at upper right. At lower r
Roma. Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650, etcher, publisher. [16--] The map is a reduced copy on two sheets joined at vertical edges of Antonio Tempesta's 1593 12-sheet bird's-eye view of Rome. Etched by Matthaeus Merian the Elder, it appeared in publications by Merian and his son Matthaeus Merian the Younger, including Martin Zeiler's Itinerarium Italiae nov-antiquae (1640); Werdenhagen's De rebus Hanseaticis (1641); Topographia Italiae (1688). See Frutaz, Huelsen. At upper left, on banderole: ROMA. Above compass giving orientation with north at left. Arms of city of Rome at upper right. At lower right: Ant[onius] Tempesta ad uiuu[m] delineau[it] ... / M. Merian sculpsit. Relief conveyed pictorially.
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