Dimensions: 27 x 34,5 cm. (on sheet: 33 x 74 cm.). Condition: very good Verso: blank. Author: M. Zeiller / M. Merian Publisher: M. Merian. Frankfurt. Note: from "Topographia Italiae (...)" Matthäus Merian der Ältere (or "Matthew", "the Elder", or "Sr."; 22 September 1593 – 19 June 1650) was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house. He was a member of the patrician Basel Merian family. Born in Basel, Merian learned the art of copperplate engraving in Zürich. He next worked and studied in Strasbourg, Nancy, and Paris, before returning to Basel in 1615. The following year he moved to Oppenheim, Germany where he worked for the publisher Johann Theodor de Bry, who was the son of renowned engraver and traveler Theodor de Bry.