Copper engraving.

Printing plate: 28.5 x 38 cm. Framed & behind glass : 46 x 65 cm.

Historical plan of the city of Erfurt, titled "Erfurt"; from volume 12 of the "Topographia Germaniae" (Topography of Saxony and Thuringia), 1650 . Bow crease, area of illustration heavily rubbed and browned, some foxing.

One of the most important German publishers and topographical engravers of the Baroque period. Together with his brother Matthäus Merian the Younger, he continued the publication of the main works of his father Matthäus Merian the Elder - the 16-volume "Topographia Germaniae" (1642 - 1659) and the 21-volume Theatrum Europaeum (1633 - 1738) - which are still among the most important works of geographical illustration today.