Black and white intaglio engraving.
Cartographer: Matthäus Merian.
Qualification:Dieppe.
Printer: Caspar Merian.
Place and date of publication: Frankfurt, 1657.
Measurements: footprint 300 x 230 mm. on 375x 320 mm page.
Gaspard Merian was the son and student of the engraver Matthias Merian. When his father died in 1650, he took over the printing press in Frankfurt am Main. Between the years 1655 - 1661, Gaspard Merian published the Topographia Galliae illustrating 17th century France.
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