INCISIONE all’acquaforte su rame dell’incisore Matthaus Merian

Copper etching by engraver Matthaus Merian depicting the city of Messina, taken from the work Neuwe Archontologia Cosmica, Beschreibung aller Kayserthumben... by publisher Hoffman; period of attribution 1646. 316x378 mm. Map originally appeared inNeuwe Archontologia Cosmicadi Johann Philip Zabelin (i.e. J.L.Gottfried) with plates by Mattheus Merian. TheNeuwe Archontologia cosmica, Das ist Beschreibung aller Kayserthumben Königreichen und Republiken der gantzen Welt [...],was published in Frankfurt in 1638 and reprinted in Latin in 1638 and 1649 and in German in 1646 and 1695.Merian's prints then appeared in theTheatrum Europaeuma kind of journal on the history of the earth, in German, begun by Matthäus Merian and continued by other editors, published between 1633 and 1738 in 21 volumes. Bird's eye plan of the city of Messina. Vessels at sea in the foreground, in the act of entering and leaving the harbor. Specimen in good condition. Format: 220x360 mm.