Merian map of Paris

In the upper left corner of the map, between the Château de Vincennes and the Marets du Temple, are the coat of arms of France and Navarre, encircled by the necklaces of the Orders of the Holy Spirit and of Saint Michael to just its right, the coat of arms of Paris surrounded by a crown of laurel leaves.

[1] In the lower left of the map, beneath the farm of the Grange Batellière, there are four lines of verse: Cette ville est un autre monde Dedans, un monde florissant, En peuples et en biens puissants Qui de toutes choses abonde.

On the right of the poem is inscribed the name of the author of the map: Matheus Merian Basiliensis fecit ("did" in Latin).

At the bottom of the map, there is an ornament with a large compass rose placed in the middle of the River Seine.

The Merian map was frequently used as the basis of subsequent maps, including those of Visscher (1618), Melchior Tavernier (c. 1625–1635), Jacob van der Heyden (1630), Christophe Tassin (1634), Dubarle (c. 1641), Giacomo Lauro [fr] (c. 1642), and Martin Zeiler (1655).