Italy
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A very decorative map of Sicily and Sardinia from J.B. Homann’s Atlas Novus Terrarum published in Nuremberg in 1720. In the upper middle is a allegoric large cartouche with the title “Regnorum Siciliae et Sardiniae nova tabula?. Embellished by compass rose, vessels and in the lower left plan of Catania with the famous vulcan Etna erupting and in the right with La Valletta. [cod.087/15]
- Year: 1720
- Dimension: 580 x 500 mm
- Place of publication: Nuremberg
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Out of stockAn interesting early map of the region of Lucca in Tuscany from Coronelli’s Corso Geografico Universale published in Venice in 1690. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli is widely recognised as one of Italy?s most famous and greatest cartographers. He received an ecclesiastical education at the convent of the Minor Conventuals and also studied theology in Rome. However, his interests in geography and cartography were awoken early in his ecclesiastical career and never suppressed. He made very famous globes
- Year: 1690
- Dimension: 448 x 600 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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Out of stockVeduta fantastica della citt di Ravenna tratta dal celebre “Liber Chronicarum” di Hartman Schedel pubblicato a Norimberga nel 1493. [cod.1226/15]
- Year: 1670
- Dimension: 90 x 135 mm
- Place of publication: Padova
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Fine and scarce little view in lithograph from “Guida generale del Lago di Garda” published in Verona by Civelli in 1878. [cod.80/15]
- Year: 1878
- Dimension: 90 x 155 mm
- Place of publication: Verona
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Large-scale panoramic view of Rome, by Georg Balthasar Probst based upon the artwork of Friedrich Bernhard Werner, who made a large series of engravings of European cities in this striking format. Werner includes a numbered key at the bottom of the map identifying important sites and buildings. [cod.1192/15]
- Year: 1728
- Dimension: 345 x 1110 mm
- Place of publication: Augsburg
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Out of stockMerian’s panoramic view of Rome is a reduction of Antonio Tempesta’s monumental map of 1593. Oriented with north to the left, it shows the city at the height of the Italian Renaissance. The projection provides a particularly graphic view of many of the important buildings, churches and monuments with the Tiber River in the foreground. From Merian’s Topographia Italiae published in Franckfurt in 1688.
- Dimension: 700 x 300 mm
- Place of publication: Frankfurt
- Year: 1688
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A rare copper engraved panorama of Rome taken from the really uncommon “Sachsischer Postillon” a kind of historic-geographic magazine published in Vienna in 1784. At top the portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III and a key to 82 point of interest numbered on the view. The author is George Hisler (signed in the lower right) who drawn Rome in curious German stile easily visible in the shape of the roofs and bell towers. Central fold as issued. In very good condition.
- Year: 1784
- Dimension: 180 x 300 mm
- Place of publication: Vienna
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Out of stockStriking bird’s-eye plan of Rome with decorative title cartouche, showing the city as it was c. 1550. Included are various surviving features of ancient Rome: the surrounding walls, the Pantheon, the Coliseum, the Arch of Constantine, and the Forum Romanum.
- Dimension: 34 x 49 cm
- Place of publication: Colonia
- Year: 1572
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Out of stockA very decorative map of Romagna taken from the sea showing the famous castles of the italian region on Adriatic. Drawn by Sergio Selli and published in Bologna as folding brochure in 1958.
- Dimension: 39 x 56 cm
- Place of publication: Bologna
- Year: 1958
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Out of stockCarta geografica pittorica della Romagna disegnata con un raffinato tratto futurista da Giannetto Malmerendi e pubblicata a Faenza nel 1955. La bella mappa mostra l’intera Romagna arricchita da deliziose vignette a sottolinearne le peculiarità artistiche, produttive, balneari e ricreative del territorio. In basso a sinistra il cartiglio allegorico con il titolo comprende anche un riferimento alla celebre poesia di Giovanni Pascoli dedicata alla regione. L’apparato decorativo è completato da putti che soffiano i venti, galeoni…
- Dimension: 27,5 x 37,5 cm
- Place of publication: Faenza
- Year: 1955
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Out of stockA fine miniature map from “Epitome Theatri Ortelliani” published in Amsterdam in 1595 with latin text on verso.This edition is as stated the only one not printed by Christopher Platin but by Arnoldus Coninx and is recognized as one of the best editions of Epitome released. [cod.302/15]
- Year: 1595
- Dimension: 75 x 105 mm
- Place of publication: Amsterdam
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Plan of the town from “Piante delle citt capoluoghi delle Provincie del Regno Lombardo Veneto che mostrano la situazione dei principali Stabilimenti Civili e Militari in esse esistenti”published in Milan in 1838. Rare original colours. [cod.398/15]
- Year: 1838
- Dimension: 220 x 185 mm
- Place of publication: Milan
