Italy

  • La più importante, ambita e rara veduta generale della città di Brescia

    • Author: Domenico Carboni
    • Year: 1764
    • Dimension: 1360 x 605 mm
    • Place of publication: Brescia
  • Fine etching showing the Battle of Chiari near Brescia that took place on September 1, 1701 during the War of the Spanish Succession. Drawn and engraved by Jan van Hutchenburg (1647-1733) the print comes from Jean Dumont’s work Batailles gagnées par le serenissime Prince Fr. Eugene de Savoye … published in The Hague in 1729 at Pierre Husson. In the foreground, figures of knights and soldiers animate the scene, lending dynamism to the whole. Officers…

    • Author: HUCHTENBURG Jan van
    • Year: 1729
    • Dimension: 570 x 430 mm
    • Place of publication: Den Haag
  • Suggestiva veduta all’acquatinta del Duomo di Firenze animata in primo piano e sullo sfondo da personaggi, carrozze e scene di vita quotidiana. Pubblicata a Lovorno presso l’editore Matteo Betti nel 1833. Qualche segno del tempo e in bella cornice d’epoca.

    • Author: Matteo Betti
    • Dimension: 40 x 55 cm
    • Place of publication: Livorno
    • Year: 1833
  • Fine map of Lucca from the french edition of Atlas major published in Amsterdam in 1667. The famous Blaeu’s firm was founded in 1596 by Willem Janzoon Blaeu (1571-1638) then continued by his two sons Cornelius (1616-1648) and Johannis (1596-1673). Their greatest cartographic achievement was the publication of the magnificent Atlas Major with 600 maps all finely engraved and embellished by elaborate cartouches, heraldic detail and especially by splendid […]

    • Author: BLAEU Johannis
    • Year: 1645
    • Dimension: 505 x 380 mm
    • Place of publication: Amsterdam
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    Rare map of Mantua showing the Kingdom of Venice and Duchy of Milan

    • Author: S.M. (?)
    • Dimension: 33 x 50 cm
    • Place of publication: Venice
    • Year: 1680
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    Rara carta geografica della provincia di Mantova che manca della scala e della graduazione geografica ma che propone un’accurata rappresentazione del territorio secondo i rilevamenti del colonnello Fedor von Karacsay che, nel sottotitolo, la dichiara «conforme à l orografia». Oltre alle consuete indicazioni di carattere politico ed economico ne compaiono altre relative alle istituzioni austriache vigenti: preture, ricevitorie doganali, confini di delegazioni e distretti. La carta si distingue per il preciso tratto grafico, l’elegante calligrafia…

    • Author: Fedor von Karacsay (1787 - 1859)
    • Dimension: 43 x 58 cm
    • Year: 1840
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    Extremely scarce map of Milan one of the few engraved by George Paul Busch.

    • Author: Georg Paul Busch
    • Dimension: 28 x 36 cm
    • Place of publication: Berlin
    • Year: 1740
  • Interesting regional map of Milan centered on the lakes and the Alps from the Atlas Major published in Amsterdam in 1664. The famous Blaeu’s firm was founded in 1596 by Willem Janzoon Blaeu (1571-1638) then continued by his two sons Cornelius (1616-1648) and Johannis (1596-1673). Their greatest cartographic achievement was the publication of the magnificent Atlas Major with 600 maps all finely engraved and embellished by elaborate cartouches, heraldic detail and especially by splendid calligraphy.…

    • Author: BLAEU Johannis
    • Year: 1664
    • Dimension: 380 x 500 mm
    • Place of publication: Amsterdam
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    Interesting map of Duchy of Milan and Kingdom of Venice centered on Lago di Garda. The map provides a remarkably detailed topographical view of the region north of the Alpennines, including the thriving commercial and agricultural regions from Turin and Milan to the low lying regions west of Venice, with many postal roads and other details shown. The map includes an elaborate title cartouche reflecting the military activity in the mountainous regions of the map,…

    • Author: SEUTTER Georg Matthaus
    • Dimension: 47 x 57 cm
    • Place of publication: Augsburg
    • Year: 1730
  • veduta milano

    Rare tinted lithography by Léon Auguste Asselineau after I.L. Deroy. Published in Paris by Lemercier circa 1840.

    • Author: DE ROY
    • Year: 1840 ca.
    • Dimension: 370 x 595 mm
    • Place of publication: Paris
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    Non comune versione con la firma del Dezauche e la data 1781 della grande carta geografica dello Stato di Milano e dei territori confinanti edita dal cartografo francese Jaillot per la prima volta nel 1706 e riproposta, corretta, in un secondo stato, nel 1731. Il titolo, in basso a sinistra, è iscritto in un cartiglio sormontato dallo stemma del Re di Francia sostenuto da due putti alati. Nell’angolo in alto a sinistra, sono raffigurate le…

    • Author: Jean-Claude Dezauche, JAILLOT Alexis Hubert
    • Dimension: 52 x 69 cm
    • Place of publication: Paris
    • Year: 1781
  • stampa antica milano
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    Detailed town plan of Milan, showing the fortified walls, City Gates, inner ring and important public buildings, squares, etc. Includes a key naming 73 places. Coat of arms in upper right corner. from Zeiller’s “Itinerarium Italia Nova Antiqua” published by Merian in Frankfurt in 1640. Mattheus Merian was a notable Swiss engraver, born in Basle in 1593, who subsequently studied in Zurich and then moved to Frankfurt where he met Theodore de Bry, whose daughter…

    • Author: MERIAN Mattheus
    • Year: 1640
    • Dimension: 270 x 350 mm
    • Place of publication: Frankfurt