Merian’s View of Vesuvius Printed Area Measurement_18.5 x 23.5 cm replacing those by Jodocus Hondius

replacing those by Jodocus Hondius

The South Bank venue also features on the map itself

This example is probably from an edition printed by Mount & Page

This map of Naxos was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece and historiated initial

and on the periphery to the north of the city

Merian’s View of Vesuvius Printed Area Measurement_18.5 x 23.5 cm replacing those by Jodocus HondiusThis view shows the major eruption of Vesuvius in December 1631, 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