A decorative title fills the left corner of this map of Normandy. Shows the Channel Islands. Very good condition with nice and decorative original colours. [cod.1020/15]
- Author: ZATTA Antonio
- Year: 1779
- Dimension: 320 x 410 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
Color pictorial map of Auvergne covered with vignettes drawings of people and products of the province with explanation, representing region’s historical figures and events, resources, sights, churches, important buildings, people, activities, crops, etc. Includes decorative title cartouche and compass rose. Relief shown pictorially. Published by Ode Paris in 1951 from a drawn by Jaques Liozu.
- Author: Jacques Liozu
- Dimension: 490 x 340 mm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1951
Miniature map of Calais in northern France. Embellished by a vessel, compass rose and a sea monster. From “Theatro del Mondo” the famous plagiarised version of Ortelius’ pocket atlas published specifically for the Italian market by Pietro Marchetti. First printed in Brescia this is the really rare Venetian edition of 1667. [cod.190/15]
- Author: MARCHETTI Pietro
- Year: 1667
- Dimension: 75 x 105 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
An antique nautical chart, taken from Jacques-Nicolas Bellin’s famous compendium *Hydrographie Françoise*, published in Paris in 1797, depicting one of the most crucial and treacherous maritime areas for European navigation between the 18th and 19th centuries: the Bay of Biscay (or Bay of Gascony). The chart is distinguished by a pragmatic approach that prioritizes functional readability: ornamentation is skillfully limited to the title cartouche and technical notes, leaving the main body of the map uncluttered…
- Author: BELLIN Jacques Nicholas
- Year: 1797
- Dimension: 855 x 543 mm
- Place of publication: Paris