Luigi Zucoli

  • A delightful small map of Lake Maggiore published in Milan in 1844 by Luigi Zucoli as part of the “Nuovissima guida dei viaggiatori in Italia” (The Very Latest Guide for Travelers in Italy), which represents a fascinating example of a historical and cartographic document that successfully blends scientific precision with the needs of the emerging elite tourism industry. Finely engraved on copper, the map depicts the Verbano region as a frontier area divided between Switzerland…

    • Author: Luigi Zucoli
    • Dimension: 16 x 24,5 cm
    • Place of publication: Milan
    • Year: 1844
  • 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
  • antica pianta topografica di genova

    Pianta di Genova

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    A delightful small topographical map of Genoa taken from Luigi Zucoli’s famous work *Nuovissima guida dei viaggiatori in Italia* (The Very Latest Guide for Travelers in Italy), published in Milan in 1844, a work intended for cultured travelers who journeyed across the Italian Peninsula along the routes of the nineteenth-century Grand Tour. The view adopts the classic representation that emphasizes the city’s natural topography, with the port at the center, reflecting the commercial and strategic…

    • Author: Luigi Zucoli
    • Dimension: 11 x 23 cm
    • Place of publication: Milan
    • Year: 1844
  • Pianta di Torino

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    A small topographical map of Turin  from Luigi Zucoli’s famous work “Nuovissima guida dei viaggiatori in Italia”, published in Milan in 1844; a work intended for cultured travelers who journeyed across the Italian Peninsula along the routes of the nineteenth-century Grand Tour. The etching, signed “Leone Zucoli inc.” at the bottom right, depicts the capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia in the first half of the nineteenth century with geometric precision, during a period of…

    • Author: Luigi Zucoli
    • Dimension: 11 x 14 cm
    • Place of publication: Milan
    • Year: 1844