Merian’s Ostia Printed Area Measurement_19 x 25.5 cm This map of Oxfordshire was

This map of Oxfordshire was engraved by Emanuel Bowen for John Owen’s Britannia Depicta

John and Thomas Bowles and Philip Overton

a touch dusty and with a light half-ring stain to upper cover of volume one

de la Servie et de la Bulgarie

there were numerous editions over the next forty years

Merian’s Ostia Printed Area Measurement_19 x 25.5 cm This map of Oxfordshire wasThis plan of of Ostia was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Itinerarium Italiae of 1640, the Archontologia cosmica and editions of the Theatrum Europaeum. Merian was born in Basel, but he learned his trade working for Johann Theodor de Bry in Frankfurt, and married de Brys daughter. His own business flourished: talented engravers who worked with him include Wenceslaus Hollar. After his death in 1650 the firm passed