Rare map showing the region of Upper Italy from Domodossola and Sterzing in the north to Lucca and Pesaro in the south. The upper sections feature roads to Aosta, Lausanne, Geneva, Munich, Vienna, and Laybach, underscoring the map’s focus on communication routes. While the map is well-maintained and informative, it primarily serves as a postal map, highlighting “postal” roads and post stations. Consequently, toponymy is emphasized, while orography and hydrography are simplified.
Created “per ordine del Ministro della Guerra” (by order of the Minister of War), the map was designed for military purposes. Indicating post stations not only illustrated army routes but also facilitated distance calculations and expenses for hiring wagons, horses, or oxen, ultimately determining military compensation based on travel distances.
In the lower right corner, there is an inset map of Dalmatia, and an elegant drape in the Adriatic Sea features a depiction of the remaining part of Italy, highlighting the roads from Reggio Emilia to Reggio Calabria.
Carta delle stazioni militari, navigazione e poste del Regno d’Italia eseguita nel Deposito generale della Guerra per ordine del ministero della guerra nell’anno 1808
- Dimension: 95 x 127 cm
- Place of publication: Milan
- Year: 1810
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Fine and scarce little view in lithograph from “Guida generale del Lago di Garda” published in Verona by Civelli in 1878. [cod.84/15]
- Year: 1878
- Dimension: 90 x 155 mm
- Place of publication: Verona
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Out of stockFine pocket map from “Tabularum geographicarum contractorum libri quinque” by Petrus Bertius published in Amsterdam at Nicolai. The engraver is P.Kaerius. [cod.387/15]
- Year: 1603
- Dimension: 85 x 125 mm
- Place of publication: Amsterdam
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A nice old color example of Blaeu’s regional map of Padova from Grooten Atlas the dutch edition of the Atlas Major published in Amsterdam in 1664. The famous Blaeu’s firm was founded in 1596 by Willem Janzoon Blaeu (1571-1638) then continued by his two sons Cornelius (1616-1648) and Johannis (1596-1673). Their greatest cartographic achievement was the publication of the magnificent Atlas Major with 600 maps all finely engraved and embellished by elaborate cartouches, heraldic detail and especial
- Year: 1664
- Dimension: 380 x 500 mm
- Place of publication: Amsterdam
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Rare lithograph from “Erinnerungen an die Feldzuege der K.K. Oester. Armee in Italien” published in Munchen in 1851 by F. Hacklander and Adam E.
- Year: 1851
- Dimension: 330 x 500 mm
- Place of publication: Monaco
