Merian's Plan of Loreto Date of Publication_1823

Merian's Plan of Loreto Date of Publication_1823This plan of Loreto (site of the Basilica della Santa Casa) was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Itinerarium Italiae of 1640 and editions of the Theatrum Europaeum. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 22 x 34. 5 cm, black and white, blank verso.

such as ‘the supposed Straits of Annian’

He received honours in several countries

Title page

Lithograph by Louis Haghe after Roberts

even in minute form

&c Revised and corrected by Charles Jones

It was the first systematic city atlas (containing the first accurate surveys of many towns) and was inspired in part by the scope of Abraham Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terarrum which gathered together the best available geographical sources

‘with the author’s compliments’

John Tallis the younger (1817-76) is best remembered for his hugely popular "Illustrated Atlas" published serially from the mid 1840s onwards and in its complete form in 1851

printed area measurement 32

Plot surveyed and drew his own maps according to ODNB

He collected information at the India Office Library