Very large (double page) nice and unusual map of Piedmont in northern Italy, by. With 2 nice cartouches. A large and nice cartouche titled. IL PIEMONTE sotto nome del quale vengono compresi il Ducato d’Auosta, il Principato di Piemonte, la signora di Vercelli, li marchesati di Susa e di Saluzzo la Contea d’Asti, et il Canavese con parte del DUCATO DI MONFERRATO Spettante alla Case Reale di Savoia rimanendo L’altraParte al Sereniss di Mantoua il tutto descritto da Giacomo Cantelli Geografo del Sereniss S Duca di Modena, e dato in Luce da Domenico de Rossi erede di Gio Giac de Rossi dalle sue Stampe in Roma alla Pace con Privil del S. L’Anno 1691 die 25 Ottobre. Unusual copper engraved map of Northern Italy, the Valley of Aosta, and the southern part of Piedmont, the western Liguria, the eastern part of the the Cote d’Azur in France and the southern French Alps. Mercantour, Antibes, Genoa, Nice, Monaco, Villefranche, Menton, San Remo, Risoul, Vars and Isola (2000) are written. The map is engraved by Antonio Barbey. Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi was an italian engraver and painter, at the end of XVIIe Century. Edition: From “Mercurio Geografico overo Guida Geografica in Tutte Le Parti del Mondo”, dated 1691, Rome, XVIIe century. For this atlas, Giacomo de Rossi worked with Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola. The firm published also maps from Nicolas Sanson. Later, the firm was solded to Lorenzo Filippo, knowned as “Calcografia Nazionale”, then, the “Regia Calcografica”. It still exits today as “Calcografia Nazionale”. It is as a museum which owns one of the most important and nice maps of the world. Size with margins : 60 x 87. Cm / 23,6 x 34,2 inches. Condition : very good condition. On very strong paper, well engraved. WE DON’T SELL LASER AND COPIES MAPS, ALL WE SELL IS ORIGINAL AND ANTIQUE. Due to the age an type of paper, some imperfections are to be expected. Please examine the images provided carefully, and if you have any questions please ask and we will be happy to help you. The item “PIEMONT ITALY 1691 DE ROSSI- DA VIGNOLA LARGE UNUSUAL ANTIQUE MAP 17TH CENTURY” is in sale since Saturday, August 29, 2020. This item is in the category “Antiques\Maps, Atlases & Globes\Europe Maps”. The seller is “efi6″ and is located in Paris. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Printing Technique: Copper Plate
- Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
- Year: 1691
- Date Range: 1600-1699
- Country/Region: France
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