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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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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
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Interessante carta geografica dell’Italia redatta dalla Direzione Generale delle Poste del Regno che mostra i percorsi postali ferroviari, stradali e le rotte marittime e lacustri. Poichè la densità di informazioni nei compartimenti di Torino e Alessandria e in quello di Milano e Brescia avrebbero creato confusione negli angoli sono presenti due grandi inserti con le aree rappresentate in una scala diversa per una migliore comprensione e lettura. In basso a destra una legenda riassume i…
- Dimension: 58 x 78,5 cm
- Place of publication: Turin
- Year: 1863