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This delightful pictorial map of New Zealand, designed by Howard Mallitte and published in 1952 in Wellington, is a masterful example of post-World War II promotional cartography. Produced by the Tourist and Publicity Department, the work reflects the optimism and national spirit characteristic of those years, aimed at presenting the country as a land of abundance, progress, and unspoiled natural beauty. The map goes beyond a mere geographical description, serving as a true socio-economic manifesto.…
- Place of publication: Wellington
- Dimension: 40,5 x 30,5 cm
- Year: 1952
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A two-sheet map, designed to be joined along the central margin to form a single large depiction of the surroundings of Paris, extending for several dozen kilometers around the French capital. The left sheet bears the title “Western Part of the Surroundings of Paris,” and the right sheet, “Eastern Part of the Surroundings of Paris.” Together, the two sheets provide an extremely detailed portrait of 17th-century Île-de-France: a densely woven fabric of hamlets, villages, forests,…
- Dimension: 46 x 61 cm (x2)
- Place of publication: Venice
- Year: 1690
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A delightful small topographical map of Genoa taken from Luigi Zucoli’s famous work *Nuovissima guida dei viaggiatori in Italia* (The Very Latest Guide for Travelers in Italy), published in Milan in 1844, a work intended for cultured travelers who journeyed across the Italian Peninsula along the routes of the nineteenth-century Grand Tour. The view adopts the classic representation that emphasizes the city’s natural topography, with the port at the center, reflecting the commercial and strategic…
- Dimension: 11 x 23 cm
- Place of publication: Milan
- Year: 1844
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A small topographical map of Turin from Luigi Zucoli’s famous work “Nuovissima guida dei viaggiatori in Italia”, published in Milan in 1844; a work intended for cultured travelers who journeyed across the Italian Peninsula along the routes of the nineteenth-century Grand Tour. The etching, signed “Leone Zucoli inc.” at the bottom right, depicts the capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia in the first half of the nineteenth century with geometric precision, during a period of…
- Dimension: 11 x 14 cm
- Place of publication: Milan
- Year: 1844
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Within the landscape of illustrated cartography from the second half of the 20th century, this large pictorial world map represents a pinnacle of visual eclecticism, geographical synthesis, and historical narrative. Designed by the renowned artist and illustrator Val Biro and published in London in 1966 by James Galt & Co., the work transforms geography into a vivid and dynamic fresco. Val Biro transforms each continent into a veritable anthropological fresco, celebrating the folklore and customs…
- Dimension: 70 x 98 cm
- Place of publication: London
- Year: 1966
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Map of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia taken from Giovanni Marieni’s rare work *Atlas of Modern Geography*, published in Milan in 1833 by the Imperial Royal Printing Office. The map outlines the borders of Lombardy-Venetia, highlighting the complex Alpine terrain and the dense network of waterways in the Po Valley. In the lower left corner, a legend lists the administrative division of the territory into two regions separated by the Mincio River: Lombardy (Nine Provinces) with…
- Dimension: 31 x 42 cm
- Place of publication: Milan
- Year: 1833
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A curious small map focusing on central and northern Italy, etched and retouched with a burin for the inscriptions, published by the famous printing house of Pirotta and Marengo (who were active at that time on Via Santa Radegonda). The topography is rendered in perspective using the classic “moles’ mounds” system, while the hydrography depicts the courses of the Po and its tributaries (Adda, Ticino, Oglio, Mincio, Secchia, Panaro), the great pre-Alpine lakes, and the…
- Dimension: 17,5 x 14,5 cm
- Place of publication: Milan
- Year: 1803
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A small map of the State of Milan taken from Vincenzo Coronelli’s famous work *Città e fortezze dello Stato di Milano…*, published in Venice in 1693. The map covers the entire central-western Po Valley, extending northward toward the Alps, the Lombard lakes (Maggiore, Como, Lugano, Iseo, and Garda), and the territories of Switzerland and Trentino; to the west, it borders the Savoyard Piedmont (including Turin, Asti, and Vercelli); to the south, it crosses the Ligurian…
- Dimension: 13 x 17,5 cm
- Place of publication: Venice
- Year: 1693
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Map of the Orvieto region taken from Johannes Blaeu’s famous *Atlas Major*, published in Amsterdam in 1664, with Flemish text on the reverse. The territory is bounded by regions clearly indicated in the marginal bands—part of the Perugino region to the north, the State of Siena to the west, the Duchy of Castro to the south, and part of the Patrimony of St. Peter and Todi to the east—accurately depicting the complex political mosaic of…
- Year: 1664
- Dimension: 380 x 492 mm
- Place of publication: Amsterdam
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Carta geografica a stacchi che offre una visione dettagliata del settore meridionale del basso Garda incorniciato dall’anfiteatro morenico. La rappresentazione del rilievo è affidata a un tratteggio molto fine che evidenzia il terreno collinare che sarebbe diventato, diciassette anni dopo, il teatro della celebre battaglia di Solferino e San Martino (1859). Ben evidenziato il corso del fiume Mincio che esce da Peschiera, oltre a una fitta rete di strade secondarie, canali e centri rurali minori,…
- Dimension: 33 x 58 cm
- Place of publication: Vienna
- Year: 1842
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In December 1956, amid a European political climate fraught with tensions and upheavals for the Communist bloc, the state-run publishing house Orbis in Prague published a fascinating and monumental pictorial map, commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Czechoslovak Republic. Designed by the artist Jaroslav Beza, the work represents not only a fine example of thematic and celebratory cartography from the post-World War II era, but a true visual ideological manifesto, aimed…
- Dimension: 63 x 108 cm
- Place of publication: Praga
- Year: 1956
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This refined pictorial map, elegantly titled “Vini d’Italia,” represents a precious example of Italian promotional cartography from the mid-seventies. Published on December 31, 1975, by the National Institute for Foreign Trade (I.C.E.) on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, the work was created to celebrate and promote Italy’s vast viticultural heritage through a visual language that combines geographical precision with artistic flair. The image stands out for its lively and narrative approach, where the…
- Dimension: 33 x 45 cm
- Place of publication: Rome
- Year: 1975
