- 3117
Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718).
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description
- Atlante Veneto, nel quale si contiene la descrittione... degl' Imperij, Regni, Provincie, e Stati dell'Universo... tomo 1. Venice: (Girolamo Albrizzi), 1691
volume 1 only, folio (485 x 350mm.), [4], 154, [4], 26, [14]pp., illustration: engraved half-title, frontispiece (“Gli Argonauti”), title-page, 2 divisional titles ("Gli Argonauti" and "Idrografia"), portrait of Francesco Morosini, 49 double-page maps and plates (including a plate illustrating the great globe built for Louis XIV, 2 plates showing the northern and southern polar calottes for the three-and a half foot globes and 2 full-page engraved maps), 4 full-page maps and plates, 16 full-page plates each with 2 subjects within separately printed engraved borders, 2 illustrations in text, head-pieces and initials, binding: contemporary vellum, slightly worn
Literature
Phillips, Atlases 521; cf. Shirley, British Library T.CORO-7a
Catalogue Note
An interesting composite of maps and plates from Coronelli’s many publications. Coronelli’s work “is more than a collection of maps... it is a compendium of geographical, cosmographical and scientific information… on contemporary Italian science and geography” (The World Encompassed p.195).