![[Palermo] Panormo By Matthaus Merian](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/86477.jpg)
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Detailed map of Palermo, published by Merian circa 1640.
Includes the harbor, fortified walls and an elaborate coat of arms, with a key locating 66 places in and around the city.
Mathaus Merian (1593-1650) was the father of engraver Matthäus the Younger, and of the painter, engraver, and naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian. He was born in Basel, Switzerland and trained in engraving in Zurich. After a time in Nancy, Paris and Strasbourg, he settled in Frankfurt. While there, he worked for Johann Theodor de Bry, the publisher and son of the travel writer. In 1617, he married Maria Magdalena de Bry, Johann Theodor’s daughter. In 1623, Merian took over the de Bry publishing house upon the death of his father-in-law. Merian’s best known works are detailed town views which, due to their accuracy and artistry, form a valuable record of European urban life in the first half of the sixteenth century
