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Amsterdam. Mathias Merian (1593-1650): Topographia Galliae, Amsterdam, copperplate engravings: Matthäus Merian sr. (the elder; 1593-1630) was born in Switzerland but eventually settled in Frankfurt; he was trained as an engraver. He married Maria Magdalena de Bry, daughter Johann Theodore de Bry and grand-daughter of Theodore de Bry, both highly influential.....