Merian’s Ostia Printed Area Measurement_19 x 25.5 cm This District Railway map of

This District Railway map of Greater London shows the approximate extent from Epsom to Enfield and from Windsor to Grays

Cercle de Baverie

Double royal quarter mile radius map centred on Turnpike Lane Station

marbled edges

it was not completed until 1859

Merian’s Ostia Printed Area Measurement_19 x 25.5 cm This District Railway map ofThis 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