Matthaus Merian began publishing the 'Theatrum Europaeum' in 1633, it was not finished until 1738 by which time 21 volumes had been issued including some 20,000 pages of text, 720 maps, plans, views and other engravings and nearly 700 portraits. This birds-eye view is of the confluence of the River Rhine and the Moselle River. Coblenz is shown at the bottom of the print with the opposing town of Ehrenbreitstein on the other shore. Shirley 'Atlases in the British Library' G-Loti 1a no. 29.