Panorama of the town from “The Ecclesiastical Architecture in Italy..” by Henry Knight. [cod.1085/15]
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Panorama of the town from “The Ecclesiastical Architecture in Italy..” by Henry Knight. [cod.1085/15]
€ 280,00
Panorama of the town from “The Ecclesiastical Architecture in Italy..” by Henry Knight. [cod.1085/15]
Nice view of the town from: “Lo Stato presente di tutti i paesi e popoli del mondo” published in Venice at Albrizzi. The engraver is F.Zucchi (1692-1764). [cod.285/15]
A fine miniature map of Perugia 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. Italian text on verso. [cod.175/15]
A rare and very decorative scene of the battle near Milan. From “Repraesentatio belli, ob successionem in Regno Hispanico…”, published in Ausburg in 1720 by Jeremias Wolff. Inset in the beautifull cartouche a plan of the city. [cod.895/15]
Interesting regional map of Orvieto from 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 especially by splendid calligraphy. The Atlas Major represents one