[SANTINI], ATLAS UNIVERSEL DRESSÉ SUR LES MEILLEURES CARTES MODERNES, 1784, 2 VOLUMES

2 volumes, folio (535 x 395mm), engraved allegorical title, engraved index in each volume, 136 engraved maps (some on multiple sheets), hand-coloured in outline, mostly double-page with a few folding, with 6 additional maps on 9 sheets (see Sothebys.com), contemporary vellum-backed boards, occasional slight marginal staining or tears, minor wear to extremities of binding

NMM III, 277; Nordenskiöld 276; Phillips, Atlases 647

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
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A very good copy of Santini’s world atlas reprinted by Remondini. Although Italian and published in Venice, all the maps are based on the best cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century. Santini was a latter-day Ortelius, selecting the best work of his continental contemporaries and having it re-engraved. In 1784 Santini sold copper plates to Remondini, whose name appears on the maps. List of additional maps (not listed in index):
Volume 1.
Carte de la France. Divisée en 109 Départements. Poircon, 1803, engraved and hand-coloured
Carte Élémeentaire et Statistique de L'Allemagne. 1805, engraved and hand-coloured
Kitchin, Thomas. Nouvelle Carte du Royaume D'Angleterre et de la Principauté de Galles. 1799, 4 sheets, engraved and hand-coloured in outline;
La Pologne divisee en ses Palatinats. 1802, engraved and hand-coloured in outline 
Volume 2.
L'Italie Divisée en sees differents États. 1807, engraved and hand-coloured
État de la Maison D'Autriche en Italie. 1798, engraved and hand-coloured in outline