Dimensions: 32 x 38 cm (inside the mat)
The work is from M. Zeiller’s *Topographia Bohemiae Moraviae et Silesiae*, Frankfurt am Main, 1650.
A very rare copperplate engraving by Matthäus Merian the Elder from 1650, depicting the fortifications of Opole from the mid-17th century (the Castle, the Oder River), with the city’s coat of arms on the right.
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.





