Dimensions: 29 x 17.3 cm (inside the mat)
"Fürstlich Residentz Schlosz zu Alten Stettin"
Publisher: Heirs of M. Merian, Frankfurt am Main, 1652
Perspective view of the Castle of the Dukes of Pomerania in Szczecin from the north, based on a drawing by Carl H. Osten, taken from M. Zeiller’s work
“Topographia Electoratus Brandenburgici et Ducatus Pomeraniae.”
Biography
Matthäus Merian was an engraver and publisher in Frankfurt am Main from 1627; the company, under the management of his heirs, continued to operate until the 1730s. The first edition of *Neuwe archontologia cosmica* from 1638 contained over 90 copperplate engravings featuring maps and cityscapes.





