Art

Plan of the town of Zutphen in central Holland, on the River Ijssel showing its defenses. List of major buildings at top right, town shield at upper left. The plan was originally published by Merian in his Topographia, and later incorporated into Gottfried's Archontoligica. Born in Basel, Switzerland, Merian spent most of his life in Frankfurt. Copper engraving. Uncoloured. Size: 29 x 25 cm. (11 x 10 inches).