BRIET Philippe

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    This etching, enhanced with burin engraving, depicts the territories of Brescia, Bergamo, and Crema. It is sourced from Philippe Briet’s lesser-known historical-geographical work Parallela Geographica, published in Paris in 1648 by the Cramoisy brothers’ printing house. Briet’s work aimed to juxtapose the achievements of ancient and modern geography. Ancient sources cited include Strabo, Ptolemy, Pliny, and Heraclitus, while modern cartographers referenced—alongside Ortelius, Magini, Botero, Mercator, and Cluverius—are Flavio Biondo and Leandro Alberti, whose regional divisions…

    • Author: BRIET Philippe
    • Year: 1653
    • Dimension: 145 x 190 mm
    • Place of publication: Paris
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    Nice and detailed map from “Parallela geographica Italiae veteris et novae”, a very rare work by Philip Briet published in Paris in 1649 at Sebastian Cramoisy. [cod.300/15]

    • Author: BRIET Philippe
    • Year: 1649
    • Dimension: 145 x 190 mm
    • Place of publication: Paris
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    Nice and detailed map from “Parallela geographica Italiae veteris et novae”, a very rare work by Philip Briet published in Paris in 1649 at Sebastian Cramoisy. [cod.462/15]

    • Author: BRIET Philippe
    • Year: 1649
    • Dimension: 145 x 190 mm
    • Place of publication: Paris
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    Nice and detailed map of Campania with Neaples and Sorrento and Capitanata in Puglia from “Parallela geographica Italiae veteris et novae”, a rare work by Philip Briet published in Paris in 1649 at Sebastian Cramoisy. [cod.458/15]

    • Author: BRIET Philippe
    • Year: 1653
    • Dimension: 145 x 190 mm
    • Place of publication: Paris
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    Nice and detailed map of Lazio centered on Rome from “Parallela geographica Italiae veteris et novae”, a rare work by Philip Briet published in Paris in 1649 at Sebastian Cramoisy. [cod.306/15]

    • Author: BRIET Philippe
    • Year: 1653
    • Dimension: 198 x 144 mm
    • Place of publication: Paris
  • Nice and detailed map from “Parallela geographica Italiae veteris et novae”, a very rare work by Philip Briet published in Paris in 1649 at Sebastian Cramoisy. [cod.272/15]

    • Author: BRIET Philippe
    • Year: 1649
    • Dimension: 160 x 190 mm
    • Place of publication: Paris