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  • etna sicily
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    Superb 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…

    • Author: Heinrich Caesar Berann
    • Dimension: 43 x 62 cm
    • Place of publication: Genoa
    • Year: 1953
  • Rare map of Alaska (America Russa) and the contiguous parts of Canada and the US extending to the Upper Missouri River and the Fraser River. The map is one of the earliest printed maps to focus on the region which would become Alaska. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.

    • Author: Francesco Costantino Marmocchi
    • Dimension: 27 x 34 cm
    • Place of publication: Genoa
    • Year: 1858
  • A fascinating map of Australia illustrating a scheme for dividing up Australia suggested by Captain James Vetch in 1838.

    • Author: Francesco Costantino Marmocchi
    • Dimension: 27 x 33 cm
    • Place of publication: Genoa
    • Year: 1858
  • Impressive Federico Caminati large tinted lithograph view of Genoa with the new molo Duca Galliera in the foreground published in 1890 at Piazzetta Maggi nr. 62.
    At top coat of arm of the city below the title the dedication to:
    “alla nob.sa m.sa Brignole Sale duc.sa di Galliera v.va De Ferrari quale memoria rimarrà eterna in ogni cuore cittadino per il compianto Duca che con spontanea e rara beneficenza elargiva venti milioni per l’ampliamento del Porto che ne verrà il nuovo risorgimento commerciale Ligure Genovese”.

    • Author: Federico Caminati
    • Dimension: 41 x 78 cm
    • Place of publication: Genoa
    • Year: 1890
  • antica mappa islanda groenlandia

    Fascinating map of the region bounded by Hudson’s Bay, Iceland, Greenland, and Baffin Bay, showing the Arctic Regions and detailing the prospects for a passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the legendary Northwest Passage. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.

    • Author: Francesco Costantino Marmocchi
    • Dimension: 25 x 38 cm
    • Place of publication: Genoa
    • Year: 1858
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    Rare map of the Philippines and Southeast Asia, extending north to Hong Kong and Taiwan. The map provides a detailed topographical treatment of the region, with the various countries identified in outline colors. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.

    • Author: Francesco Costantino Marmocchi
    • Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
    • Place of publication: Genoa
    • Year: 1858
  • Uncommon map of Northern and Western Africa (and Canaries) highlighting the main roads and tracks in the Sahara. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.

    • Author: Francesco Costantino Marmocchi
    • Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
    • Place of publication: Genoa
    • Year: 1858
  • Uncommon double hemisphere map of the world on a polar projection which focuses on the distribution of European colonies in different parts of the world. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.

    • Author: Francesco Costantino Marmocchi
    • Dimension: 25 x 38 cm
    • Place of publication: Genoa
    • Year: 1858
  • antica mappa della baia di hudson

    Rare map of the Northwest Passage, Northern Canada, part of Alaska (America Russa) and Greenland showing the known islands of the Northwest Passage, including several partially known coastlines. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.

    • Author: Francesco Costantino Marmocchi
    • Dimension: 25 x 38 cm
    • Place of publication: Genoa
    • Year: 1858
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    Deliziosa 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…

    • Author: Aldo Cigheri
    • Dimension: 23 x 30 cm
    • Year: 1950
    • Place of publication: Genoa
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    Deliziosa carta geo-pittorica disegnata da Aldo Cigheri che mostra la provincia di Ragusa in Sicilia con in evidenza i prodotti, le costruzioni e gli elementi folkloristici più importanti e caratteristici dell’area. Pubblicata a Genova presso la litografia S.A.I.G.A. nel 1956 a cura dell’Ente Provinciale per Turismo di Ragusa. Aldo Cigheri (1909–1995) è stato un pittore italiano che ha svolto un ruolo di fondamentale importanza nel panorama artistico XX secolo soprattutto nel campo dell’illustrazione pubblicitaria. Con…

    • Author: Aldo Cigheri
    • Dimension: 23 x 31 cm
    • Place of publication: Genoa
    • Year: 1956