SOUTH AMERICA DATED 1677 GIACOMO DE ROSSI LARGE ANTIQUE MAP 17e CENTURY

Description: Large nice and unusual map of SOUTH AMERICA, by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi (1627-1691) and Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola (1643-1695), with a nice cartouche titled : "L'AMERICA MERIDIONALE Nuovamente corretta et accresciuta secondo le relationi piu moderne da GUGLIELMO SANSONE Geografo di S.M. Christianissima E data in luce da GIO GIACOMO DE ROSSI in Roma nella sua Stamperia alla Pace, l'Anno 1677". The map is engraved by Giorgio Widman. Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi was an italian engraver and painter, at the end of XVIIe Century. His father Giuseppe de Rossi (1570-1639) was the most important and active printer of the XVIIe Century. After his death, Giacomo and his brother Giandominco (1619-1653) taked the firm of the father and made the firm the best known printing house of Italy in XVIIe Century. Edition: From "Mercurio Geografico overo Guida Geografica in Tutte Le Parti del Mondo", Roma, XVIIe century. For this atlas, Giacomo de Rossi worked with Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola.The firm published also maps from Nicolas Sanson.Later, the firm was solded to Lorenzo Filippo, knowned as "Calcografia Nazionale", then, the "Regia Calcografica". It still exits today as "Calcografia Nazionale". It is as a museum which owns one of the most important and nice maps of the world. Size with margins : 60,2 x 46,3 cm / 23,7 x 18,2 inches Condition : very good condition, on very strong paper, in colors, very well engraved. Edition : Rome, dated 1677, XVIIe Century. If you buy more than one item, you have to pay only one shipping cost.WE DON'T SELL LASER AND COPIES MAPS, ALL WE SELL IS ORIGINAL AND ANTIQUEDue to the age an type of paper, some imperfections are to be expected. Please examine the images provided carefully, and if you have any questions please ask and we will be happy to help you

Price: 450 USD

Location: Paris

End Time: 2024-02-14T16:57:55.000Z

Shipping Cost: 30 USD