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Rutger Hermannides (Fl 1660)
Town Plans of Dublin, Galway, Cork, Limerick
Based on Speed. From his Britannica Magnus published in 1661. (4)
€ 120-180
282
Matthäus Merian (1621-1687)
A Battle Plan of the Siege of
Londonderry
(1689). 260 x 350.
Matthäus Merian
In 1624 the Swiss-born engraver Matthäus Merian
(a descendent of the younger line) took over the
Frankfurt publishing house of his father-in-law
Johann Theodor de Bry, and in 1626 he acquired
Frankfurt citizenship. After his death in 1650, two
of his sons, Matthäus Merian the Younger and
Caspar, built up the publishing house under the
name Matthäus Merian Seel. In 1687 the pub-
lishing house was inherited by a third generation
family member, Johann Matthäus Merian (1659-
1716), the second son of Matthäus the Younger.
Johann’s elder brother Carl Gustav Merian was
later elevated to the nobility by the Elector of
Mainz and appointed to the Privy Council. After
Johann’s death in 1716 the company was led by
his niece Charlotte Maria Merian (1691-1729)
until its dissolution in 1727. The Frankfurt family
line died with the painter Carl Matthäus Merian (1705-1770), a great-grandson of Matthäus Merian the
Elder. The family name is remembered today in Frankfurt’s Merianstrasse and Merianplatz, and in Merian
School in Nordend.
€ 150 - 250
283
Matthäus Merian (1621-1687)
The Battle of Athlone.
375 x 305.
€ 150 - 250
281
Abraham Hogenberg (1570-1610)
A Town Plan of Kinsale (1602)
285 x 280. And Two Town Plans of Cork
By Daniel Meissner [1638]. 145 x 120. (3)
Frans Hogenberg’s two sons, Johann [Hans] Hogenberg and Abraham Hogenberg, were both en-
gravers. Johann worked in Mechelen and Cologne, mainly as a portrait engraver, but he produced
a few religious subjects and a series of 12 plates depicting birds and animals. Abraham Hogenberg
assisted his father with the plates for Abraham Ortelius’s Theatrum orbis terrarum and designed
and engraved frontispieces for booksellers, possibly also working in Cologne.
€ 300 - 500
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John Speed (1552 – 1629)
A Set of Five Maps from the Miniature Version of the Speed Folio Maps
Ireland and the Four Provinces. (1632). Abl 300-04. (5)
John Speed 1552 - 1629
Speed was born at Farndon, Cheshire, and went into his father’s tailoring business. While working in London, his knowledge of history led him into learned circles and he came to the attention of Sir Fulke
Greville, who subsequently made him an allowance to enable him to devote his whole attention to research. As a reward for his earlier efforts, Queen Elizabeth granted Speed the use of a room in the Custom
House. He is buried with his wife in St Giles-without-Cripplegate church, Fore Street within the Barbican Estate in the City of London. A memorial to John Speed was also erected behind the altar of the church.
According to the church’s website, “[His was] one of the few memorials [in the church] that survived the bombing” of London during The Blitz of 1940–1941 - The website also notes that “[t]he cast for the niche,
in which the bust is placed, was provided by the Merchant Taylors’ Company, of which John Speed was a member.” His memorial brass has ended up on display in the Burrell Collection near Glasgow.
€ 400 - 600
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John Speed (1552 – 1629)
A set of five maps from the folio speed edition,
published by Bassett and chiseell. taken from the same atlas Abl 275-279. 510
x 385
€1800-2200
NB. All maps are the same size.