237 - Matthaus Merian, Sena. Frankfurt: Published by the heirs of Matthaei Merian, 1688. Copper engraving. 245x292 mm. Sheet: 312x380 mm. Pellegrini, pp. 117–118. A beautiful bird’s-eye view of the city, flanked by an extensive legend with 52 references and the Medici coat of arms in the lower left corner. This plate was originally included in Martin Zeiler’s *Itinerarium Italiae nov-antiquae*... and subsequently in several editions of Johann Ludwig Gottfried’s *Neuwe Archontologia Cosmica*..., and finally in *Topographia Italiae, Das ist: Warhaffte und Curiöse Beschreibung Von gantz Italien*...Frankfurt, 1688. ALSO INCLUDED: Israel Silvestre (Nancy, 1621 – Paris, 1691), Church of St. Dominic of Siena, and the large public washhouses. Etching. mm Sheet: mm 119x200. Sheet: mm 148x201. From *Vues d’Italie*, a series of twelve plates numbered in the lower left corner. Second state of two, following the publication of Mariette’s *excudit*. / Thomas Salmon (Meppershall, 1679–1767), The Fortress of Radicofani in the Sienese State. Etching. Sheet: 142x183 mm. From *Lo stato presente di tutti i paesi e popoli del mondo* (The Current State of All Countries and Peoples of the World), Venice, 1757. (3) WORK 1: Sheet with wide margins, likely as originally intended, mounted at the top within a modern cardboard mount. Trace of a vertical fold in the center. Tears repaired along the binding fold and at the margins. Signs of wear. WORK 2: Wide margins at the top and bottom; on the sides, the sheet is trimmed to the outline with narrow margins. Traces of two vertical folds. WORK 3: Wide margins on two sides; the remaining sides are trimmed to the outline. Very faint traces of vertical folds.