Genua: Merian 1650

Title: Genua Author: Matthäus Merian Date: 1650 Medium: Copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good Plus - age toning, issued center fold, light foxing Inches: 15 1/2 x 8 1/4 [Platemark] Centimeters: 39.37 x 20.96 [Platemark] Product ID: 2085 Map of Genoa on the northwest coast of Italy depicting ships sailing into the city harbor. Includes numbered legend along bottom margin indicating various buildings and structures in the city such as its lighthouse, arsenal, bridges, churches, palaces, monasteries, and fortifications. An artistic rendering of a compass rose in the lower righthand corner orients the viewer. Matthaus Merian the Elder was born in Basel, Switzerland on the 22nd of September 1593. He began his career in the arts with the engraver Friedrich Meyer in Zurich, where he studied copper engraving as well as drawing. In 1619 he went to Frankfurt and was employed by the well-known publisher Johann Theodor de Bry. He would go on to take over and complete two works s