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 is fine view of the town of Neuchatel on the north shore of the Lake named after it. The Chateau de Neuchatel begun in the 12th century dominates the town and the foreground of the image.