Sicily
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Out of stockSuperb pictorial bird’s-eye view of Mount Etna drawn by the legendary illustrator Heinrich Caesar Berann and published in 1953 by the Catania Tourist Board. This charming tourist map is illustrated in baroque style with decorative borders and an antique-looking map of Catania in the left side-panel. On the verso are photographs of Etna and its environs, accompanied by information about climbing the volcano. Heinrich Caesar Berann (1915 – 1999) was an Austrian painter and cartographer. He achieved…
- Dimension: 43 x 62 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1953
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An extremely decorative, large, fine old colour example of De Wit’s rare map of Sicily. It shows in detail the cities of Messina, Milazzo, Palermo, Catania and Trapani.
It is considered one of the most beautiful and decorative maps of Sicily from the XVII century. This example is in exceptional old original colour.
The map is embellished with a compass rose, sailing ships, a dedication cartouche and especially, elaborate views of the major cities and ports of Sicily. From Atlas Major by F. De Witt published in Amsterdam in 1680.- Year: 1680
- Dimension: 580 x 500 mm
- Place of publication: Amsterdam
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A stunning map of Sicily published by M. Seutter in 1730. Inset at bottom a nice map of Malta and Gozo. Showing also the Etna erupting.
- Year: 1730
- Dimension: 580 x 500 mm
- Place of publication: Augsburg
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FeaturedA rare and early separately issued plan of Messina published by Matteo Florimi in Siena, 1600 circa. The plan covers the city in its entirety and showing at bottom the coast of Calabria with the city of Reggio on the left. Embellished by rare original colours and many vessels in the sea and harbour. Below a key listing 167 points of interest.
- Dimension: 37 x 45,5 cm
- Place of publication: Siena
- Year: 1600
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View of Palermo from “Atlas Cureiux” published in Paris in 1705. [cod.474/15]
- Year: 1705
- Dimension: 230 x 170 mm
- Place of publication: Paris
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A rare prospect view of Palermo, including a legend in the lower part published in 1720 by the Chereau brothers.
- Year: 1720
- Dimension: 136 x 208 mm
- Place of publication: Paris
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Rare copper engraving of Palermo in Sicily from Theatro delle città d’Italia, con nova aggiunta by Pietro Bertelli, pubblished by Francesco Bertelli in 1629.
- Year: 1629
- Dimension: 110 x 170 mm
- Place of publication: Padova
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Out of stockDeliziosa carta geo-pittorica che mostra l’area di Palermo disegnata da Aldo Cigheri nel 1950 commissionata per scopi turistici e promozionali. La mappa ricchissima di vignette, piccole illustrazioni, vedute ed elementi folkloristici mostra anche le principali vie di collegamento verso le altre città più importanti della Sicilia. Pubblicata a Genova presso la litografia S.A.I.G.A. nel 1950 a cura dell’Ente Provinciale per Turismo di Palermo Aldo Cigheri (1909–1995) è stato un pittore italiano che ha svolto un…
- Dimension: 23 x 30 cm
- Year: 1950
- Place of publication: Genoa
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Out of stockElegante pianta topografica di Palermo disegnata da E. Sanzo e pubblicata dall’editore Remo Sandron in occasione della “IV Esposizione Nazionale Italiana”. In alto a sinistra, sotto lo stemma della città e il titolo, una piccola veduta dell’esposizione tenuta nei pressi di via Principe di Villafranca ed evidenziata in pianta dal colore verde. La bella e grande rappresentazione, stampata in litografia a quattro colori, è completata ai lati da una ricchissima legenda con tutti i punti…
- Dimension: 47 x 67 cm
- Place of publication: Palermo
- Year: 1892
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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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Nice depiction of Scylla and Charybdis located on the Strait of Messina off the coast of Sicily and opposite the rock on the Italian mainland. From Merian’s “Topographia Italiae” pubblished in Franckfurt in 1688. 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 he married in 1617. [cod.463/15]
- Year: 1688
- Dimension: 195 x 270 mm
- Place of publication: Frankfurt
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FeaturedThe amazing 1957 pictorial map of Sicily designed by Otto M. Muller for Istituto Cartografico Italiano.
- Dimension: 75 x 100 cm
- Place of publication: Rome
- Year: 1957
