ANKARA TRABZON TURKEY 1777 SANTINI ANTIQUE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED MAP

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Double your traffic. Carte de la Partie Septentrionale de l'Empire Otoman Contenant la Crimée, la Moldavie, la Valakie, la Bulgarie, avec la Nouvelle Russie, les Gouvernement d'Astracan, et de Voronez, les Tartares Cosaques &c. Par le Sr. Rizzi Zannoni de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres de Gottingue Ier Géographe de la Marine 1774. A Venise Par P. Santini 1777. Chez Mr. Remondini. Description: Striking and hightly detailed copper engraved map covering the Black Sea region of Turkey. The map shows the city of Ankara, Trabzon and others . The map is filled with detail, including cities, villages, rivers, mountains. A large splendid cartouche decorates the lower centre of the map . The map represents a Venetian edition of Rizzi Zannoni's map from "Atlas Universel" printed in 1776-84 by Remondini . This map is the 1st sheet of a very large wall map in six plates of the Ottoman Empire. Date: 1777 ( dated ) Dimension: Pa per size approx.: cm 76,4 x 53,1 Condition: Very strong a nd dark impression on very strong paper. Paper with chains and wiremarks. Original colors to the outlines . Wide margins. Small foxing and browning. Small hole to the centre along centre fold. Map folded as issued. Conditions are as you can see in the images. Mapmaker: Paolo Santini ( 1729 Venice - Belluno 1793) was a priest of the church of Santa Maria Formosa in Venice and professor of drawing at the public schools of the Jesuits. From the best papers from the time he realized his brother Francis, the famous Universal Atlas , divided into two volumes and contains 123 cards. Francesco Santini he published between 1776 and 1780. Subsequently, the branches etching of the cards were purchased in 1781 from the press Remondini Bassano reissued the atlas. Cartographer: Giovanni Antonio Bartolomeo Rizzi Zannoni (September 2, 1736 - May 20, 1814) was an 18th century Italian cartographer active in Venice and Naples. Zannoni was born in Padua, Italy on September 2, 1736. Between 1749 and 1751 Zannoni studied Astronomy at the University of Padua under John Polen, a prominent astronomer of the period. After leaving the University, Zannoni was commissioned by the King of Poland, Augustus III, to map that country. Zannoni's subsequent survey is considered the first accurate triangulation of Poland. Afterwards Zannoni's services were in high demand and he traveled around much of Europe, working on various surveys in Denmark, Germany, Prussia, and Sweden. Around 1857 Zannoni was caught up in the hostilities surrounding the Seven Year War and, after one battle, was taken to Paris as a prisoner of war. Paris must have suited Zannoni for he remained there for nearly 20 years, even taking service with the Paris Engineer's Office. It was also here in Paris the Zannoni developed many of the cartographic contacts that would lead to a number of important cartographic publications, including the Atlas Moderne in conjunction with Lattre. In 1781 Zannoni was called to Naples by the Bourbon monarch there to help in the revision of the Charter of 1769. Afterwards he stayed on and produced a numerous important maps of the Kingdom of Naples. Zannoni is considered a careful and precise cartographer and his work, particularly the maps he made in Naples, have been praised by R.V. Tooley as "remarkable for a marvelously minute attention to detail, and amply deserves the commendation passed upon it by Sir George Fordham" (Tooley, Maps and Mapmakers, 21). Zannoni would spend the remainder of his days in Naples and passed away on May 20, 1814 . /wiki/Remondini View My Feedback View My Other Items For Sale Visit my eBay Store All of the maps we sell are ORIGINALS. We guarantee all of our maps to be authentic. We do our best to describe the condition of our maps as accurately as possible. Due to the age and 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. A... read more

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