Matthäus Merian (1593-1650)

VIEW OF BRATISLAVA (PRESSBURG)

1638
Copper engraving on paper, 24.6x34.6 cm. Illustration from the work of Gottfried Johann Ludwig Neuwe Archontologia Cosmica, published by Wolfgang Hoffmann in Frankfurt am Main in 1638. At the bottom edge, the legend and symbols of Hungary and the city of Bratislava. mounted, framed, glazed. Leaf folded vertically in the middle.