Coronelli | Planisfero Del Mondo Vecchio, [late seventeenth-century]

CORONELLI, VICENZO MARIA

Planisfero del mondo vecchio, descritto dal P. Coronelli, cosmographo publico. [Venice, late seventeenth-century]

Large engraved map of the eastern hemisphere (486 x 657mm.), hand-coloured, minor restoration mostly to centrefold

Detailed map found in Coronelli's comprehensive atlas Atlante Veneto. The engraving is based on the geographical knowledge presented in Coronelli's large gores of 1688. It combines: "the most up-to-date cartographical information with elegant engraving and restrained accompanying decoration" (Shirley).

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