| Title: |
Map of Germany Divided Into Circles (L'Alemagne) |
| Geographer: |
Zannoni, Giovanni Antonio Rizzi (Padoa in 1736 - Naples in 1814 ) |
| Date: |
1762 |
| Medium: |
Original Engraving |
| Source: |
French edition of Zannoni's Atlas |
| Note: |
At an early age, Giovanni Antonio Rizzi Zannoni had established himself as Italy's
greatest geographer and indeed as on of Europe's finest cartographers of the time.
This map entitled, "Germany Divided Into Circles (L'Alemagne)"
hails from "Zanonni's monumental World Atlas" of 1762. Scholars point to these large maps as being
among the most accurate and detailed of all eighteenth century maps, as well as being, "superbly
engraved and with delightful cartouches." *. This engraved map of the German the states is surely indicative
of Giovanni Zannoni's fine work. Hundreds of towns, cities and rivers are delineated and a large and graceful cartouche
with the German eagle is seen in the lower left corner. This is a striking eighteenth century map of Germany and its environs. |
| |
Original maps from the eighteenth century are distinctly
different from those that followed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
With their complex outline colourings and highly decorative cartouches,
these maps can be viewed as either geographical and political histories
or as beautiful works of art. One is immediately intrigued not only by
the speculations on unexplored lands but by the changes in counties and
territories throughout the western world. There is an ever changing story
in national borders. |
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Unfortunately, eighteenth century maps are very scarce.
These were the days before lithography and steel and wood engraving --
methods, which in the nineteenth century made large editions of prints
possible. A copper plate engraving, such as this original example, could
yield at best about two hundred impressions before wearing down the plate. Thus
these important maps are valuable not only for their age but for their
rarity. |
| Reference: |
* Vladimiro Valerio, "Late Eighteenth-and Early Nineteenth-Century
Italian Atlas". In: "Images of the World", Washington,
Library of Congress, 1997, pp. 257-300. |
| Size: |
12 1/2 X 18 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
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Price: $395.00 US |
| Condition: |
This original map of Germany entitled, "Germany Divided Into Circles (L'Alemagne)"
is printed on 18th century hand-made, laid paper and with full
margins as published in the French edition of Zannoni's Atlas in 1762.
Containing several slight spots and laid upon archival board, else in
excellent condition throughout. |
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