Italy

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  • antica mappa italia settentrionale

    Rare map of northern Italy during the Second War of Independence in 1859, drawn by Jean Beaugean. The large and highly decorative map is interesting from a graphic perspective, being one of the first perspective representations of the territory. Delamarre and Beaugean added profile views of the main cities and small bird’s-eye views to emphasize the walls and fortifications. The Italian and French flags are depicted on the sides of the map, along with the…

    • Author: Jean Beaugean
    • Dimension: 60 x 86 cm
    • Place of publication: Paris
    • Year: 1859
  • Map of Italy based on Cellarius from the uncommon “Fortsetzung der Algemeinen Welthistorie” byl Gebauer published in Halle in 1755. [cod.425/15]

    • Author: GEBAUER Johann Justus
    • Year: 1755
    • Dimension: 350 x 240 mm.
    • Place of publication: Halle
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    Dettagliatissima grande carta geografica in quattro fogli da unire che mostra lo scenario delle battaglie in Italia durante la terza guerra di indipendenza. In alto a destra un inserto descrive le vie di comunicazione per il viaggio da Vienna a Trieste. Pubblicata dallo stabilimento Giuseppe Civelli di Milano nel 1866.

    • Author: Giuseppe Civelli
    • Dimension: 96 x 100 cm
    • Place of publication: Milan
    • Year: 1866
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    Rara prima edizione del sontuoso ed elegantissimo atlante d’Italia compilato da Giovanni de Agostini corredato dall’interessante testo in due colori di G.Lang che descrive le regioni della penisola con la tipica enfasi e prosopopea caratteristica di quegli anni tumultuosi. Le 19 mappe sono opera dell’illustratore, pittore e scenografo russo naturalizzato italiano Vsevolod Petrovič Nikulin (Nicouline) il quale illustra i territori con un innovativo gusto geo-pittorico disegnando le città principali con il loro edificio più rappresentativo e arricchendo il tutto con personaggi in abiti tipici, punti di interesse così come le peculiarità agricole, commerciali, turistiche ed industriali delle varie aree. Tutte le carte presentano abbellimenti stilistici come grandi rose dei venti and indicare l’orientamento geografico, decorativi velieri nei mari e grandi cartigli con i titoli. L’apparato decorativo è infine completato dalla finitura dei bordi e di molti particolari con la stampa, a sottolineare l’importanza editoriale, di brillanti colori in oro e argento, uno dei primi esperimenti tipografici di questo tipo. Edito in 999 copie numerate questo nostro esemplare è il numero 127.

    • Author: Giovanni De Agostini, Vsevolode Nicouline
    • Dimension: 47 x 31 cm
    • Place of publication: Milan
    • Year: 1941
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    Separately issue version of Federico De Agostini  stunning map of Italy, first published in 1946 by Italgeo here in the Arti Grafiche Ricordi edition published in Milan, 1978. The illustrator of the pictorial map is Vsevolod Petrovic Nicouline: it shows vignettes of structures, nature, activities, products, crops and many towns and cities labeled. Embellished by elegant calligraphy, compass rose and a Neptune in the sea.
    Vsevolod Petrovic Nicouline (1890-1962) was a renowned Russian painter, printmaker, ceramicist, designer and illustrator born in the Ukraine in 1890. For a time he was with the Imperial Academy of Petersburg. His teaching career there was interrupted by the Bolshevik revolution. He was forced to flee and, after a daring journey, arrived in Constantinople accompanied by the Countess Bossalinie Aida who later became his wife. They survived in this city with menial jobs, and were finally able to join relatives in Genoa in 1920 where he held his first exhibition. In 1922 he moved to Nervi, opening a studio at the first Polish residence, meeting other Russian and Polish exiles. His years were rich in relationships, artists, and writers for whom he designed several books and arranged illustrations, commissions of portraits and more. In 1941 he was inaugurated into the Teatro Carlo Felice and designed sets for La Scala and the Metropolitan New York. He was an important illustrator of more than 100 children’s books.

    • Author: Federico De Agostini / Vsevolod P. Nicouline
    • Dimension: 80 x 64 cm.
    • Place of publication: Milan
    • Year: 1978
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    Separately issue version of Federico De Agostini stunning map of Italy, first published in 1946 by Italgeo. Published in Milan as ad for Motta, 1960. The illustrator of the pictorial map is Vsevolod Petrovic Nicouline: it shows vignettes of structures, nature, activities, products, crops and many towns and cities labeled. Embellished by elegant calligraphy, compass rose and a Neptune in the sea.
    Vsevolod Petrovic Nicouline (1890-1962) was a renowned Russian painter, printmaker, ceramicist, designer and illustrator born in the Ukraine in 1890. For a time he was with the Imperial Academy of Petersburg. His teaching career there was interrupted by the Bolshevik revolution. He was forced to flee and, after a daring journey, arrived in Constantinople accompanied by the Countess Bossalinie Aida who later became his wife. They survived in this city with menial jobs, and were finally able to join relatives in Genoa in 1920 where he held his first exhibition. In 1922 he moved to Nervi, opening a studio at the first Polish residence, meeting other Russian and Polish exiles. His years were rich in relationships, artists, and writers for whom he designed several books and arranged illustrations, commissions of portraits and more. In 1941 he was inaugurated into the Teatro Carlo Felice and designed sets for La Scala and the Metropolitan New York. He was an important illustrator of more than 100 children’s books.

    • Author: Federico De Agostini / Vsevolod P. Nicouline
    • Dimension: 80 x 64 cm.
    • Place of publication: Milan
    • Year: 1960
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    Grande e dettagliatissima carta geografica murale dell’Italia con la Dalmazia, montata in due parti su tela a stacchi, pubblicata a Milano dalla ditta Artaria di Ferdinando Sacchi e figlo nel 1866. In alto interessante rappresentazione grafica dell’altezza dei Monti italiani e in basso a sinistra l’elenco delle provincie meridionali con la legenda dei segni convenzionali. La mappa è arricchita dall’elegante calligrafia in corsivo e dalle principali rotte navali sottolineate da decorativi velieri in navigazione nel…

    • Author: Ditta Artaria di Ferdinando Sacchi e figli
    • Dimension: 100 x 120 cm
    • Place of publication: Milan
    • Year: 1866
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    Separately issued version of Federico De Agostini’s stunning map of Italy, first published in 1946 by Italgeo here in the Arti Grafiche Ricordi edition published in Milan, 1989. The illustrator of the pictorial map is Vsevolod Petrovic Nicouline: it shows vignettes of structures, nature, activities, products, crops and many towns and cities labelled. Embellished by elegant calligraphy, compass rose and a Neptune in the sea. Vsevolod Petrovic Nicouline (1890-1962) was a renowned Russian painter, printmaker,…

    • Author: Vsevolode Nicouline
    • Dimension: 80 x 64 cm.
    • Place of publication: Milan
    • Year: 1989
  • An interesting map of ancient Italy by Giovanni Spinelli and engraved on copper by Leopold Mayr published in Milan in 1723.  In the upper right the title “Italiae Antiquae Tabula Mediolani ex Typographia Soc. Palatinae MDCCXXIII” in a decorative cartouche with the Roman gods of Saturn and Mercury.

    • Author: SPINELLI Giovanni Giacomo
    • Year: 1723
    • Dimension: 730 x 510 mm
    • Place of publication: Milan
  • Non comune bella guida in francese edita dal Vespa club d’Italia per promuovere i viaggi nel Bel Paese e scoprirne le bellezze in Vespa. La divertente guida è corredata da 14 carte geografiche pittoriche disegnate dall’illustratore Nicouline che mostrano le regioni italiane con le loro peculiarità e luoghi da visitare. Le carte sono completate dalle tabelle con l’indicazione delle salite e le altitudini da raggiungere nei vari itinerari. Il testo prevede anche i luoghi tipici per le soste, i rifornimenti, le officine specializzate e i cartelli per una guida sicura in Italia.

    • Author: Vespa Club d'Italia
    • Dimension: 21,5 x 12 cm
    • Place of publication: Milan
    • Year: 1957
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    Striking map of Italy by J.G. Schreibern, with decorative cartouche, compass rose and descriptive text in the right. Based on Blaeu’s map of Italy of 1635. From “Atlas Selectus” first published in Leipzig in 1740. A fine old color example. [cod.1138/15]

    • Author: SCHREIBERN Johann George
    • Year: 1740
    • Dimension: 167 x 215 mm.
    • Place of publication: Lipsia
  • pictorial map italy
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    A wonderful and rare poster promoting tourism in Italy, showing the peninsula as a perspective view and with very interesting annotations highlighting the moments, the productive activities, the new resources, the social and economic changes that allowed Italy to recover after the Second World War. Designed by Arti Grafiche Menaglia and published in Rome in 1956 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Italian Embassy in the United States based in New York.

    • Author: Arti Grafiche G. Menaglia
    • Dimension: 100 x 70 cm.
    • Place of publication: Rome
    • Year: 1956