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Importante carta geografica che mostra la porzione di territorio nel nord Italia scenario delle battaglie combattute durante la guerra di successione spagnola da Eugenio di Savoia. Si conosce un esemplare di questa carta conservato presso il fondo cartografico della città di Mantova descritto come “rarissima e anonima carta di ambito romano edita (presunta da una nota al verso) nel 1733”. La carta non presenta indicazioni di responsabilità ma da un attento confronto risulta essere una…
- Author: Gaetano Bianchi, Giacomo Solari, Simone Durello
- Dimension: 54 x 97,5 cm
- Place of publication: Milan
- Year: 1720
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Panoramic view of Verona by Francesco Cepparuli from “Lo Stato Presente di Tutti i Paesi e Popoli del Mondo … parte dell’Italia dedicata a Ignazio Boncompagni Ludovisi” published in Naples, 1754. This is the well-known plagiarized version re-engraved by Cepparuli of the same plate in Thomas Salmon’ Lo Stato Presente di Tutti i Paesi e Popoli del Mondo published in 1751 by Albrizzi.
- Author: Francesco Cepparuli
- Dimension: 16 x 31 cm
- Place of publication: Naples
- Year: 1754
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A rare and very decorative scene of the battle near Cassano. From “Repraesentatio belli, ob successionem in Regno Hispanico…”, published in Ausburg in 1720 by Jeremias Wolff. Inset in the beautifull cartouche a little map of the area of the battle.
- Author: DECKER Paul, Jeremias Wolff
- Year: 1720
- Dimension: 350 x 500 mm
- Place of publication: Augsburg
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A rare map etched and engraved by Marco Antonio Dal Re and published in Milan in 1735, depicting the crucial phases of the War of the Polish Succession on Italian territory, with a focus on the strategic quadrilateral encompassing Trentino, the Verona region, and the Mantua region. The map is distinguished by a dual title: while the main title in the upper right defines the geographical subject as the “Block of Mantua with the Course…
- Author: Marc’Antonio Dal Re
- Dimension: 46 x 59 cm
- Place of publication: Milan
- Year: 1735
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J. M. Ziegler’s interesting map focuses on the road and railway system, standing out for its attention to topography and for accurately depicting Alpine crossings during a time when the distinction between lowland and mountain roads was keenly felt. The map highlights communication routes, prominently featuring railways marked in red, distinguishing between those already built and those nearing completion. Notably, the Milan-Bologna railway was contested by the Austrians due to its potential to unite the…
- Author: Jakob Melchior Ziegler
- Dimension: 42 x 74 cm
- Place of publication: Winterthur
- Year: 1853
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A fine map depicting northern and central Italy in fine detail, still fragmented into a constellation of sovereign states, just fifteen years after the unification of the peninsula. Published in Milan in 1844 by the publisher Luigi Zucoli as part of the work “Nuovissima guida dei viaggiatori in Italia,” the map focuses on the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia (referred to simply as Lombardy in the western portion), which borders the Po Valley duchies to the south.…
- Author: Luigi Zucoli
- Dimension: 33 x 39 cm
- Place of publication: Milan
- Year: 1844
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This fascinating map, engraved in 1838 for the work *Il fiore di Venezia* published by Tommaso Fontana, represents an attempt to provide a historical and geographical overview of the Veneto region. The title, in the lower right corner, immediately clarifies the author’s scholarly intent: to trace a profile of Venice—both on land and at sea—that brings the Etruscan and Roman eras into dialogue with nineteenth-century reality. The element of greatest analytical interest lies in the…
- Author: Tommaso Fontana
- Dimension: 35 x 45 cm
- Place of publication: Venice
- Year: 1838
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Carta del Lombardo-Veneto pubblicata in 4 fogli riportati su tela a stacchi e custoditi nell’astuccio originale in cartoncino. In basso a sinistra i due titoli, in italiano e in tedesco, la legenda con la spiegazione dei segni convenzionali, elenco delle divisioni territoriali in 17 provincie di Lombardia e Venezia, indicazioni editoriali e scala delle distanze. L’interessante orografia è rappresentata col tratteggio a luce zenitale nel territorio sono indicate le stazioni di posta, le miniere, le…
- Author: Istituto Geografico Militare
- Dimension: 95 x 152 cm
- Place of publication: Milan
- Year: 1856
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Unusual map of the territory of Verona and Trento showing the passage through the Trentino Alps of some of the imperial troops of Prince Eugene of Savoy that occurred in 1701 during the War of the Spanish Succession. From the work Campagne del principe Eugenio di Savoia redatta dalla Divisione storica militare dell’I. R. Archivio di guerra [austro-ungarico] in base a documenti officiali e ad altre fonti autentiche [fatta tradurre e stampare da sua maestà…
- Dimension: 64 x 49,5 cm
- Place of publication: Turin
- Year: 1889
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Northern Italy’s detailed map stands out due to its beautiful representation of the landscape and the innovative approach of marking not only the altitude of the mountains but also of the towns in the area. The warning in the bottom right-hand corner, placed under the legend of the conventional signs, is significant: “this map follows the one in a single sheet engraved and published by the Royal Corps of Staff”; therefore, the map is related…
- Author: Litografia Giordana e Salussolia
- Dimension: 60 x 83 cm
- Place of publication: Turin
- Year: 1859
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Important map of northern Italy drawn by Captain M. Chauchard (an engineer and cartographer specializing in military camps) and published in Paris in 1791 by J.C. Dezauche. The map, which extends as far south as Perugia, is very detailed not only for its precise toponymy but also regarding the Alpine orography and communication routes. This is a legendary map: during the Second Italian Campaign of 1800, the Topographic Office of the Armée de Réserve had…
- Author: M. Chauchard
- Dimension: 98 x 166 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1791
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Copper-engraved map by Pierre-François Tardieu depicting the ancient State of Venice, with only cities, main roads, and rivers shown outside the frame line. Longitudes are indicated with respect to the meridian of the Isle of Iron (above) and the meridian of Paris (below), with the plate numbering ‘N.° 97. F.” in the upper right-hand corner. From the Atlas Universel de Geographie Physique et Politique by Pierre Chanlaire and Edmé Mentelle, published in Paris in 1797/98.
- Author: Edmé Mentelle
- Dimension: 45 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1797